A Mother's love and resilience We were inspired to hear Sharon's story, a mother of a LiveWires participant, who has faced adversity with strength and resilience. Sharon grew up in Country Victoria, born in Benalla. A lot of her 20s and early 30s was spent travelling [...]
We are hosting an International Women’s Day event at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House to celebrate the diversity of women and their achievements. We will be celebrating with local women and mothers who have agreed to contribute their skills and talents on the day to run activities for their [...]
LiveWires and the Collingwood Soup Van Holiday Program held activities across wider Melbourne in January for 81 children and 45 parents and grandparents living in the Collingwood and Richmond Housing Estates. On a sweltering hot day, families piled into three buses and headed to FunFields. It was a beautiful [...]
Dear Friends, Everyone has a story to tell – with your support this Christmas, we can listen. Christmas brings a lot of joy for families all over Australia. We know working with young people experiencing trauma, mental illness and homelessness that Christmas is not a time of joy [...]
We have successfully delivered Hand Brake Turn courses across Australia for over 20 years with nearly 10,000 students completing and graduating our courses. We currently provide students a 7-week pre-vocational automotive and life skills training course that runs 3 days per week in Braybrook and Dandenong locations. This [...]
The 15th Annual Malmsbury Bike Show was held on a cool spring September morning for young people living in the residential units at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre. Our chaplains, Andrew Blankley and Peter Whitefield, collaborated with God’s Squad CMC members who brought 15 of their most fine motorbikes to [...]
Pictured: Teenage boys listening to Man Up seminar Values for Life Team Program Manager, Tim Powell, engaged approximately 50 teenage Year 10 boys at Carawatha College in an interactive seminar called ‘Man Up - discovering true masculinity.' The school is culturally diverse catering for over 60 different nationalities [...]
Hand Brake Turn students headed down to Sandown Raceway on 14 September to see the Virgin Australia SuperCars Championship. The Hand Brake Turn team got to watch the practice rounds of Toyota 86 Racing Series, ECB SuperUtes Series, and Supercars Championship. The students also enjoyed watching stunt cars [...]
We are delighted to have Justin and Lauren Bowen from Justin Bowen Racing agree to become Ambassadors for Concern Australia. Justin was a Hand Brake Turn student in 2007 and he graduated with an award for “Outstanding Achievement” in his course from Hand Brake Turn in Sunshine. Lauren shared with [...]
Pictured: Frankston students learning valuable life lessons. We continue to seek opportunities to reach more schools through our Values for Life program to influence the next generation of young people with positive pro-social values. We were excited to develop a new partnership with the Ardoch Youth Foundation to [...]
