• Local students across Bundamba are set to benefit from Miles Government funding
for early intervention projects.
• Grants fund a string of youth hub projects aimed at enhancing community safety and
tackling the root causes of youth offending.
• Solutions are designed using evidence and community knowledge and delivered to
meet the needs of the young people, their families, and the broader community.
The Miles Government is doing what matters by supporting the potential of young people to
help make safer communities.
Thanks to funding from progressive coal royalties, schools and students in Bundamba are
set to benefit from more than $180,000 for four early intervention projects that will help
reduce Ipswich youth offending and re-offending.
The Community-based Crime Action Grants complement existing Government programs
with new innovative localised solutions that help achieve better outcomes for young people,
their families, and the broader community.
o Bellbird Park Secondary State College - Multicultural Australia’s Youth Hub Outreach
& Lunch Flex will deliver a 20 week after school and lunch time outreach program targets
young people aged 7 to 17 years. The program aims to provide a safe and supportive
environment for young people in the community to engage in positive activities, build
social connections, and develop physical fitness.
o Redbank Plains State High School - Multicultural Australia’s Youth Hub Outreach &
Lunch Flex will deliver a 20 week, after school and lunch time outreach program, targets
young people aged 7 to 17 years at Redbank Plains State High School.The program
aims to provide a safe and supportive environment for young people in the community to
engage in positive activities, build social connections, and develop physical fitness.
o Redbank Plains, Bellbird Park, and Goodna – The Multicultural Australia’s Balance
Project will deliver a a 10-week capacity building program targeted at young people aged
12 to 18 years living in Redbank Plains, Bellbird Park, and Goodna areas. Program
includes hands-on nutrition, cooking classes, and an exercise "boot camp' style program
to learn about physical fitness they can do at home or in the local park.
o Legacy Counselling Services’ Culturally Informed Therapy: A culturally informed
trauma intervention program for at risk young people and young people in detention,
specifically from Pasifika, culturally and linguistically diverse, and Indigenous
backgrounds. The program provides evidence-based therapeutic interventions, ensuring
the highest standard of mental health care and strives to empower these at-risk youth,
fostering resilience, and promoting positive well-being within their respective cultural
frameworks through culturally sensitive therapy and personalised mental health care.
Quotes attributable to the Member for Bundamba Minister Lance McCallum:
“The Miles Labor Government is committed to doing all we can to break the cycle of
offending, because when a young person comes into the system, we want to make sure
we’re doing our very best to stop them returning.
“Whether it is drug and alcohol abuse in the home, domestic violence, poor family
environment or trauma, we are committed to evidence-backed programs to reduce offending by young people and make communities safer."
“Our priority is to support young Queenslanders and create safer communities, this funding
is about investing in evidence-based programs that reduce youth offending and help young
people build brighter futures.”
Quotes attributable to Multicultural Australia My Vision Youth Program Manager, Miso
Tunic:
“This funding will enable Multicultural Australia to drive meaningful change directly into
community.
“Our programs help in the early prevention stage of youth crime by fostering positive
relationships and creating connection between the young people and schools and support
services, while also providing activities and connection during the identified peak offending
after-school hours during which young people have little direct supervision.
“We know we can empower young people, by supporting them to set goals, build positive
relationships within their community, and plan for a brighter future.”
More information
For more information on the Community-based Crime Action grants
visit: https://desbt.qld.gov.au/youth-justice/partnerships/grants/community-crime-action
