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Message from CEO It has been a busy couple of months as we have focused on getting our COVID Safe Plans in place in line with approved industry plans and Queensland Government requirements. Well done to the many clubs who reopened their gyms last week and welcomed back members into the clubs safely. It continues to be a complex process to reach a new normal, and I appreciate everyone’s efforts to ensure the continued operations and future success of our clubs and the organisation. In wonderful news as many of you know, on Queensland Day on 6 June, PCYC Queensland received the honour of being recognised as an institutional Queensland Great. This remarkable achievement is a great honour for our past and present staff, volunteers and police officers whose passion and dedication for PCYC and the young people we work with inspires me each and every day. Despite the challenges we have all faced in recent months, this award provides recognition of the essential work we do in local communities, and reinforces how important our clubs, services and programs are to young Queenslanders.
Phil Schultz Chief Executive Officer
PCYC Queensland honoured to receive title of a Queensland Great! PCYC Queensland is honoured to be amongst remarkable individuals and organisations, named as the institution recipient of the 2020 Queensland Greats Award. Working with the Queensland Police Service to meet local community needs since 1948, this year PCYC Queensland celebrates more than 70 years of supporting Queensland communities through youth and community programs, activities and services. PCYC Queensland Chief Executive Officer Phil Schultz is thrilled to be amongst 15 remarkable institutions to be honoured as a Queensland Great since 2001. “PCYC Queensland clubs, programs and essential services play a vital role in positively impacting thousands of young people’s lives each year, many of whom are at risk, disadvantaged or disengaged,” said Mr Schultz. “With 2020 being a year like no other, I feel privileged that PCYC Queensland has been honoured with the title of a Queensland Great. It is a great honour for our past and present staff, volunteers and police officers who continue to change lives and change communities. Together, we remain committed to building safer, healthier communities through youth development.” Thank you Queensland, for making us a Queensland Great!
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Far North Queensland PCYC Mount Isa ‘yarn bomb’ to support Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month To show their support for Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, staff and volunteers at PCYC Mount Isa knitted away to yarn bomb the club sign and office spaces. PCYC Mount Isa club manager Sergeant Bernadette Strow fully supported this wonderful project called Healthy Families Yarn, saying “We are helping to raise awareness and encourage a public conversation around healthy families, as families that communicate well are less likely to fall into patterns of domestic and family violence.”
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PCYC Whitsundays YMT ‘Whitsundays Wild Ones’ conquer their adventurous journey The PCYC Whitsundays Youth Management Team (YMT) the Whitsundays Wild Ones recently completed their Bridge Award Adventurous Journey. The journey started in Cannonvale with the group consisting of eight participants, three Award Leaders, and five parent helpers, who all travelled in convoy first to the cane growing town of Proserpine, and then 100km north to Bowen, where they explored historical sites and more. The group had a great time learning skills including communication via technology, map reading, observation, organisation and time management, attention to detail, patience, awareness of others and care of the environment. Thank you to all involved (especially the parent drivers!) – a great adventurous journey was had by all!
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PCYC Hervey Bay gym receives a painting facelift! Thanks to Classic Coatings and Dulux Inspirations Paint in Hervey Bay, PCYC Hervey Bay gym received a muchneeded painting facelift! Classic Coatings owner Jason Bould said lending a hand in the community was important to the team, and were quick to offer three men for three days to paint the tired walls. And with Dulux supplying around 100 litres of paint, the change is remarkable! With the walls now looking fresh and clean in Casper White, club manager Sergeant Kelly Chamberlain said she couldn’t be more grateful for the very generous donation of works which would have cost around $4,000, saying “We are just so grateful and have so much thanks for Jason and Dulux.”
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PCYC Sunshine Coast celebrates National Volunteer Week To celebrate this year’s National Volunteer Week (18-24 May), PCYC Sunshine Coast staff recently said a special thank you to club volunteers Charles, Karel, Barry, John and Ali with a socially distanced BBQ!
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Brisbane / South West Queensland PCYC Lang Park coach named KinderGym Coach of the Year! Congratulations to our wonderful PCYC Lang Park gymnastics coach Wendy Nicol, who was recently named the 2019 Gymnastics for All – KinderGym Coach of the Year! Wendy helped to establish KinderGym at PCYC Lang Park and in 2019 more than 300 children participated in the program. During COVID-19, Wendy has also been busy helping the gymnastics community stay connected through the online KinderGym group. Congratulations Wendy on this wonderful achievement!
Gold Coast / South East Queensland PCYC Logan using restored bikes to steer young people in the right direction Facilitated in conjunction with the Logan New Directions team, PCYC Logan is using restored bicycles to help young people in Logan to steer their lives in the right direction. Driven by PCYC Logan club manager Sergeant Mick Newell and assistant club manager Senior Constable Cherie McLean, the team have been restoring bicycles and supplying them to young people in need, to provide a mode of transport to help them engage with prosocial activities in the Logan community, as well as being a positive reward for those young people who are really making progress. Sergeant Newell is proud of the new initiative saying, “Riding is a passion of mine and I love seeing young people out and about riding. Bike riding helps your mental health, your physical health, prevents traffic congestion and helps the environment along the way. What more can you ask for!”
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Other News Emergency Services Cadets’ HALO initiative PCYC Nanango OSHC social distance with During COVID-19, the PCYC Emergency Services bikes and scooters! Cadets team have been running weekly online HALO (Helpful Activities Learning Online) sessions, connecting Cadets and Adult Leaders. The sessions have been a great success!
ESC Program Manager Storm Richter said “The HALO catch ups have been a massive learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to build relationships.”
PCYC Nanango OSHC implemented a wonderful social distancing solution for the recent vacation care period: bring your bike/scooter! Not only did they social distance and have fun, they had a great time drawing medium strips, crossings, round abouts, stop and give way signs and speed zones. They even had police and ambulance stations!
Cadets are also giving great feedback including Ross McDonald who said “I find the HALO sessions a great way to stay connected to Cadets and I’m still learning new skills. I’m really enjoying the sessions!” and Ashleigh Bendell who said “HALO has been a great opportunity for Cadets and Adult Leaders alike. Not only is it helping us stay connected, we are also getting to learn new information.”
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Indigenous Programs During COVID-19, PCYC Queensland’s Indigenous Programs team and Indigenous Community Sport and Recreation Officers based in local communities, have continued to work hard to provide essential services to communities in need. See them in action!
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Health & Wellbeing Corner Formula for Self-Care Self-care, me time, doing something for yourself – it is expressed differently depending on the individual. For one person, exercise might be their therapy. For another, going for a long run might be their idea of torture. It doesn’t matter what the ‘something’ is, as long as it contributes positively to your wellbeing and helps you reset and recharge, then it is self-care. It can be so easy for us to take our mental and physical health for granted, to prioritise other things or put it off until next week. It can also seem too big, too hard. But it doesn’t have to be. There are some things everyone can do. While it sounds straightforward, self-care is a process that requires attention and effort every single day. So, it is important to understand the value of self-care in reducing stress and improving your overall wellbeing and productivity. First though, you need to identify those activities that positively support your wellbeing and ultimately make time for them in your schedule. Some ideas to help with self-care for reducing stress and anxiety on the body include:
Move your body; dance, walk, run, bicycle, stretch get the endorphins flowing
Prioritise sleep; take a nap or set an earlier bedtime routine
Find ways to connect socially; have a good laugh
Read a book or magazine; time to disconnect from your surroundings
Change one eating habit this week; remove unhealthy ways
Device detox; switch your devices to aeroplane mode for 60 mins every day
Practice gratitude: chant three new things you are grateful for every day
Meditate; quite time to reflect and recharge.
The Black Dog Institute has a free resource with tips for improving your wellbeing and can be found at https://www. mycompass.org.au/
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Profiles What are your highlights at PCYC Sandgate? I’ve got lots of highlights from my 20-year career! I’ve achieved many special accolades over the years including Level 7 Open MAG State Teach Coach for Queensland, Queensland Men’s Coach of Year and Judge of Year, and a special recognition award for my services in Men’s Gymnastics in Queensland. I also have coached numerous regional and state champions over the years. Above all though, what I really value from my job is being part of a family, seeing our gymnasts and coaches grow up through the club and reaching their own achievements, and being part of a community that interacts with one another across all generations. A definite highlight is our end of year club competition that we hold each year where we get dressed up in different themes! Fun fact
Staff Paula Tenuyl-Sargent PCYC Sandgate gymnastics coach
Not many people would know this, but I am a qualified caterer! I worked in the hospitality industry when I was younger, but as the hours weren’t really suitable when I was trying to raise a young family, I went back to my other love as a gymnastics coach. I’ve never looked back!
How long have you been with PCYC Sandgate? I have been with PCYC Sandgate for 20 years! I started as a casual gymnastics coach, then moved into the position of head coach, and now I am the gymnastics coordinator. What do you enjoy about your role? I love overseeing the whole gymnastics program and being really hands-on with mentoring and training the coaches in the club. It is certainly a different role than being a gymnastics coach and working directly with the children, but now I feel as though I am contributing to helping gymnasts and the coaches to achieve their goals. I still love coaching and seeing the children light up when they have achieved a new skill.
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Profiles continued... I have been a PCYC Inala committee member, chairperson, Braking the Cycle program coordinator, Queensland Police Service (QPS) community panel member and assisted the club manager with other roles. Over the years I have also assisted in various administration roles, helped with cleaning and maintenance duties, driven a bus, been a fundraiser, helped out as an OSHC volunteer in the school holidays, and been a camp leader at PCYC Bornhoffen’s Leadership Development Centre. You name it, I have pretty much done it all!
Volunteer Jillian Stewart PCYC Inala Braking the Cycle coordinator Why did you join PCYC Queensland? Initially I was approached by the assistant club manager at PCYC Inala to assist in coaching young people in netball. I responded to her request and started volunteering. This was back in 1981! Since then I have enjoyed nearly 40 years of being associated with the club and the community, not only through netball but many other essential activities and programs including Braking the Cycle. What do you enjoy about volunteering with PCYC Queensland? I enjoy it because I feel I can make a difference in people’s lives and actually witness them become active, engaged members in the community. Whilst volunteering, I have certainly experienced the gratitude from quite a lot of young people who have moved on from the club. Sometimes that thank you comes back to you many years later when you are out and about in the community, and it is certainly a great feeling when that happens. What opportunities have you gained from being connected to PCYC Queensland?
What advice would you give a young person thinking of engaging with their local PCYC Queensland club? I would say it gives you the opportunity to interact with a wide range of people and fantastic volunteering experience which leads to being part of a community which helps others. I would encourage anyone interested in helping others to consider their local PCYC Queensland club. You also get to meet and work with serving police officers and there is also the important aspect of gaining a good reference, learning new skills and improving your self-confidence. What is your favourite PCYC Queensland moment? Seeing the PCYC Inala club go through two major facility upgrades, making it into the wonderful community hub it is now. Being invited to the wedding of an at-risk teenager who used to attend the club, who managed to turn her life around and gain employment at the club as an outside school hours care educator. Commencing the Braking the Cycle program at PCYC Inala as a volunteer and maintaining it for 18 months until funding allowed for the employment of a paid coordinator. I have been a volunteer with PCYC Queensland for nearly 40 years and enjoyed just about every moment and every challenge put in front of me. I still enjoy the feeling that volunteering in a club gives me and want to continue building favourite memories for more years to come!
I have been a netball coach, umpire, rep team manager, committee member and treasurer for netball.
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Profiles continued... PCYC Queensland has been mine and my family’s life for the past 22 years. My wife has also spent the past 20 years as a PCYC gymnastics coordinator, establishing a great program at PCYC Caboolture that now accommodates 570 students. Although she will continue in her role, we plan to holiday in north Queensland once COVID-19 restrictions ease and travel is allowed once more. When did you start at PCYC Queensland? I commenced as the relieving club manager at PCYC Dalby in 1997 for about 12 months, and then took over the position permanently in October 1998. I have been a police officer for nearly 34 years, and with PCYC Queensland for 23 of them! What do you like most about working at PCYC Queensland? I love the variety of work involved with being a club manager. There is always something to do, from occasionally scrubbing toilets, HR, to staff rostering, community involvement, Blue Light Discos every Saturday for many years, and of course club sporting competitions. I also enjoyed having a great mateship with a number of other club managers and having regular coffees with them to vent our frustrations on life!
Club Manager Sergeant Ash Freyling (Retired) PCYC Caboolture Can you provide a brief summary of your years as a police officer? I graduated from the Academy in 1986 and as a young Constable was stationed at the Woolloongabba Police Station. Back then the station was on Ipswich Rd, and police did not carry tasers and they certainly did not wear body cameras. Through my career I have been stationed at Brisbane Traffic, Ashgrove, Ingham, Dalby, Dalby Traffic, PCYC Dalby and PCYC Caboolture. In 1989 I transferred to Ingham in northern Queensland and went onto Dalby where I served for 23 years before arriving in Caboolture in 2012.
What have been your career highlights? Having club boxing progress at PCYC Dalby from just training, to having members compete at the Commonwealth Games and Olympics. Introducing gymnastics at PCYC Caboolture has also been a highlight, growing from 0 to 570 gymnasts over the years. It now feels very surreal to retire! My kids have only ever known me as a police officer and it’s been a huge part of my life. I hope PCYC Queensland continues to kick goals post-COVID and I’m sure I’ll return to PCYC volunteering in some capacity!
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PCYC Queensland in the community
PCYC Fortitude Valley brand new facility build in action, with the slabs being poured! CEO Phil Schultz and Sergeant Mick Newell at the sod-turning ceremony, marking the commencement of the brand new PCYC Logan and sporting precinct, due for completion in April 2021.
PCYC Hills District’s Shogun Hills Judo Club members continue training in isolation online with u/73kg National Champion and Australian Team member, Sam King.
Tracey Adams, Sergeant MaryAnne West and Karina Kane at PCYC Mareeba commemorating ANZAC Day 2020.
QPS Bandperson Hazel Osborne played the bagpipes for local community radio from PCYC Bayside, gracing the club’s RISE youth group with her official dress, an explanation on her role and a performance!
PCYC Mt Isa club manager Sergeant Bernadette Strow excited to welcome back gym members from 15 June.
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success in their lives, so this is a big success for them and it opens a lot of doors.” PCYC Cairns branch manager Sergeant Peter Fitzpatrick said it was “life-changing”. “We had one person here for 12 months who had difficulty getting a job. One week after he got his licence, he got full-time employment.” He said the program also impacted its volunteers, many of them retirees. “They’re helping change someone’s life and it gives them a real purpose.” Ms Knox said PCYC had a large waiting list of learner drivers, but was desperate for more mentors. To help, contact Ms Knox on 4053 1532.
we’ve assisted 15 youth in obtaining their licence and since the program’s inception in 2017, we’ve had 55 students get their licence,” Ms Knox said. “It’s really beautiful to see them pass. The first time I took someone, I cried because they were so happy and so proud of themselves. Generally, these are kids who don’t get a lot of
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Free PCYC training can help you Get Set 4 Work INTERESTED in some free training funded by the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative? Capricorn Coast PCYC may have just what you are looking for with its new Get Set 4 Work program due to start soon. PCYC Capricorn Coast spokesman Sergeant Greg Jones said the 13-week Get Set 4 Work program had several years of combined success in Rockhampton and Yeppoon and launching the program at this time was an ideal way to get young people work ready after recent restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 “I’ve proudly witnessed participants step into roles at the Livingstone Shire Council, Keppel Bay Sailing Club, Puma Service Station and other places of employment following their engagement in the course,” Sgt Jones said. “Skilling Queenslanders for Work focuses on developing individual skills, supporting them to begin a learning pathway to a certificate III qualification and providing direct assistance to those that need extra support to enter and stay in the workforce. “Get Set 4 Work funds intensive employment and training assistance over 12 months to young, disengaged people aged 15-19.
tunity to follow up with its Braking the Cycle program to achieve participants required driving lesson hours,” he said. “Participants will enjoy building their life skills with visits from industry experts, budgeting, cooking and excursions. “The program concludes with a graduation and two weeks of work experience.” The new program can take up to 15 participants, with places already filling up. Applications are open to anyone aged 15–19 looking to re-engage in training and education.
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A FREE driver education program in Cairns is changing young lives and opening the door to jobs. Cairns PCYC’s Braking the Cycle program helps young disadvantaged people complete their mandatory 100 hours of supervised driving and supports them until they “graduate” with a licence. Cairns co-ordinator Gemma Knox said the program matched learner drivers with experienced older drivers who train to become mentors. “The mentors are people from the community who volunteer their time. They stay with the learner from the time they join the program until they obtain their licence, so it can take 100-120 hours. “We work with young people who have a level of disadvantage. They may be from a single parent family, in foster care or in a low socio-economic situation where their parents don’t hold a licence or have access to a vehicle. “In the past 12 months,
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TWO Fraser Coast painting businesses have given the Hervey Bay PCYC gym a new lease on life after donating their time and products to the not-for-profit charity. The Luizzi St centre has been fundraising for the past two years to establish a new 24-hour gym that would see all profits going back into supporting at-risk community members by offering programs and mentoring. Since shutting its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the charity’s income was reduced to nothing, with only the essential youth support team able to continue. The youth club’s manager Sergeant Kelly Chamberlain said it was the perfect time to get the gym up and running while the centre was closed, but they needed community support to get the job done. Classic Coatings Australia owners Jason and Wendy Bould were quick to jump on board, offering three men for three days to paint over the tired old yellow and blue walls. Dulux Inspirations Paint in Hervey Bay also supplied about 100 litres of paint. Mr Bould said lending a hand in the community was important to the team, with the business choosing one charity or community group to assist each year. The Hervey Bay Special School was on the receiving end of their generosity last year. “We have always said if you look after the community, the community will give back to you,” Mr Bould said. “We do as much as we can. “It’s (PCYC) good for the kids … it gets them off the streets and gives them some-
thing to do. “They are really nice people there. Kelly and the staff are just great.” With the walls now looking fresh and clean in Casper White, Ms Chamberlain said she couldn’t be more grateful for the very generous donation of works which would have cost them about $4000. “We are just so grateful and have so much thanks for Jason and Dulux,” she said. “Obviously anywhere that PCYC can reduce costs it means that we can put more money into youth development. We are talking about thousands of dollars that we have saved, that we can now plough into youth programs, which for us is essentially the core of what we do. “It’s just been amazing.” With a fresh new look, 24/7 swipe cards and a whole range of new equipment ready to be installed, Ms Chamberlain encourages any residents looking for a new gym to give it a go when restrictions ease. “It just looks completely different, the room looks lighter and brighter and it just looks perfect,” she said. “We are the only not-forprofit gym in town, and we are offering a facility now that is on par with any other gym. “It is great for people to have choice and choose that their monthly membership subscription doesn’t just go to their membership, it actually goes to supporting young people at risk.” Follow the progress on the PCYC Facebook page.
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PCYC will actively encourage and assist with resumes, job seeking, confidence building, teamwork and gaining some awesome friends and experience along the way. Youngs Bus stops right out the front of the PCYC at 170 Matthew Flinders Dr, Yeppoon, for easy access. The Get Set 4 Work program runs Monday to Friday 9am-3pm at the PCYC Cooee Bay. The program is funded and supported by the Queensland Government through Skilling Queenslanders for Work. For inquiries, send an email to jo-anne.peace@pcyc.org.au or phone 0447 718 773.
“Participants will gain the skills and confidence to enter the workforce, go on to further training or go back and complete school.” Sgt Jones said the program incorporated plenty of fun and games with PCYC-trained staff who would skill the participants up for high ropes and canoe navigating. “PCYC also offers complimentary Learner Licence workshops and the oppor-
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