Our new Hand Brake Turn Mobile (HBTM) program took centre stage at Sunbury College in early December, with students practising their new automotive skills on our training car in the middle of the school grounds. The Hand Brake Turn (HBT) team spent the day with 24 Victorian Certificate [...]
Each year the children from the Collingwood Public Housing Estate look forward to the LiveWires Summer Holiday program, and this year was no exception. Poor air quality caused by smoke from the bushfires meant we had to cancel the family day trip to the FunFields Theme Park, but the [...]
“To everyone that’s helped me to get where I am, it’s fantastic. Thank you so much and thank you to Concern Australia.” At our recent Annual General Meeting, we were privileged to hear from Adam*, a young man who is living in one of our Inside Out homes. [...]
The recent Victorian school holidays were full of fun and adventure for children from the Collingwood Public Housing Estate as they joined the LiveWires team for a range of activities and outings. You can see more photos in the image gallery on the LiveWires Facebook page. Exploring at [...]
We feel incredibly blessed by some of the generosity shown to us by our partners and supporters. Making a difference for children and young people is very much a team effort. This month, our friends from kogo (Knit One Give One) gave us three bags of beanies, gloves [...]
In mid-September, Concern Australia staff from across our diverse programs and sites gathered at Collingwood Children's Farm for a team day to explore themes of diversity, inclusion, belonging and dignity, led by Gregg Morris from Mahana Culture. We’re committed to Concern Australia being a place where staff and [...]
Over the past 18 months, Concern Australia and the RMIT Vocational Education Youth Work program have been working together to strengthen outcomes for young people who take the Hand Brake Turn course while offering real-world experience to RMIT Youth Work students. Hand Brake Turn students at their [...]
Hand Brake Turn recently reached another huge milestone when we celebrated our 10,000th student graduating from the program. It’s been a big year for milestones – earlier this year we marked 25 years of Hand Brake Turn at events in Braybrook and Dandenong. Jayden with his trophy [...]
Last week the children from our LiveWires program celebrated Book Week with creativity, flair and thoughtfulness over two days. One of the LiveWires children with her 3D hot-air balloon carrying her goals and aspirations. On Tuesday the children and leaders read Oh, the Places You’ll Go! [...]
Pictured: Hand Brake Turn Program Manager Ian Dubbeld instructs a student on changing a tyre. Hand Brake Turn has been providing hands-on automotive training and vocational mentoring for more than 25 years, and we continue to look for innovative ways to reach young people and give them [...]
