Off the streets and into education
Transition 2 Success is an education program that aims to nip youth crime in the bud and keep young Queenslanders on track.
Transition 2 Success is an education program that aims to nip youth crime in the bud and keep young Queenslanders on track.
A huge uptick in cycling since COVID is creating new business opportunities for the bike savvy in Victoria’s Yarra Valley and a Box Hill Institute bike maintenance course is in demand.
Odyssey House NSW provides adult education to help residents recovering from addiction to develop the skills they need to rebuild their lives.
Mitch Tambo and a range of speakers launched ALW2022 with uplifting stories about the power of adult education to change the course of people’s lives.
For ten years stay-at-home single mum Elsa looked for excuses not to leave the house. A parenting course put her on the path to education, training and a new career.
Maya’s employer encouraged the shy 21-year-old to take up study to improve her foundation skills and help her at work. Now she’s come out of her shell and there’s no stopping her.
Childhood illness disrupted Terrence’s schooling and he never really caught up. At 25 he decided to have another go. Bit by bit his confidence grew. Now he’s got his sights set on uni.
A life-changing automotive skills program gives young people who are on the wrong path the opportunity to re-set their bearings.
A WA-based careers program assists women who have suffered family and domestic violence on the path to financial independence.
A Bendigo-based program that combines English language and
vocational skills training is creating new careers and helping local industry.
A prison based graphic design program aims to give ex-offenders a career path out of prison and help former inmates to break the cycle of re-offending.
There’s a coffee buzz at Hackham West Community Centre in Adelaide’s south. Barista training is adding energy, teaching practical hospitality skills and
bringing new people through the doors.
A NSW literacy program developed with and for members of the Stolen Generation is helping participants like Uncle Bobby Young to reclaim an education and deal with the trauma of institutionalisation.
The recent SBS series Lost for Words which followed eight Australians who undertook an intensive adult literacy program highlighted the importance of adult literacy tutors like Tasmanian Jeff McNamara.
An organic farmer in the Victorian town of Castlemaine is sharing her passion and helping locals to take steps that are good for their pockets and good for the planet.