Geared 4 Work is a driver mentor program for learners up to the age of 25 who are registered with Workskil Australia’s Transition to Work or Flexible Learning Options programs.
Services include:
- Geared 4 Work, a free program by Workskil Australia
- They can pair you with a driver mentor/supervisor to help you gain enough experience to fulfil your requirements and become a safer and more confident driver
- Supports young job seekers by alleviating financial constraints and providing supervised driving hours to help you obtain your driver's licence, enhancing flexibility and independence
Compass Catholic Community is a fee-free school in Davoren Park, South Australia, offering flexible education for students aged 17 to 24.
Services include:
- We are a true secondary school with registered teachers, offering SACE and VET, just in a very different way
- There are no subjects, no bells, and no uniforms - but lots of projects and workshops that students will co-design around their interests, passions, or goals
- Compass is an environment where the young person is at the centre of everything we do. The focus is on the individual, where they want to go, and providing them with the tools, resources and support to get there
Drive Me is a Driving Experience Mentoring Program to help you get the required 75 hours for your P’s.
The goal of this program is to overcome your challenges for getting your P’s, increase opportunities to learn about employment or traineeships, and acquire necessary skills and develop good driving behaviour.
Services include:
- You will participate in a four-hour road safety program, before driving practice commences.
- They will provide you with a Trained Driving Mentor (Responsible Supervising Driver)
- Your Driving Mentor may be a volunteer with Youth Options
- They will provide the use of their modified car to undertake driving practice
Please Note: To start the Drive Me Program a minimum of 4 lessons and must be completed with a professional driving instructor and the final driving test must be successfully completed with a professional driving instructor (depending on your funding this cost may not be included in the Drive Me Program).
The L2P program is geared towards youth and others who do not have access to a vehicle or supervisory driver on an ongoing basis to complete the graduated learning system of moving from a learners Permit to a Probationary License.
Services include:
- Young people (16 - 25) lacking family support or disengaged from the community
- People who are on a low income, socially isolated
- Refugees and newly arrived migrants, who experience language barriers
MYSA’s Driving YOUth Learner Driver Program is about giving young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds the opportunity to learn to drive.
Services include:
- We provide subsidised driving lessons to help young people overcome language, cultural, financial, and other barriers to getting their P1 provisional licence.
- The program includes 7 to 10 professional lessons with a bilingual instructor, the cost of the VORT test, insurance, vehicle maintenance, and program administration.
- We have modified learner vehicles and a team of bilingual volunteers who support young people to complete the required 75 hours of supervised driving, including 15 hours at night.
This Saver Plus Program rewards participants with up to $500 in matched savings towards education costs.
Services include:
- The Smith Family Saver Plus gives people the knowledge, confidence and support to gain control over their finances and embrace new opportunities.
- Build financial skills, develop life-long savings habits, and receive up to $500 to help with education costs.
- If eligible for the program, set a savings goal with your savings coach for your educational related items.
- Open an ANZ Progress Saver account and start to regularly save over 10 months.
- Join our fun, online MoneyMinded financial education workshops.
If you're a low-income family with children attending government schools, you can get financial help with school fees, materials and services charges through the School Card scheme. You could also get access to a free device if your child is in year 7 or 10 and their school takes part in the department's School Device Program.
Supports Include:
- families with children aged 4 years and over who attend a school full-time
- independent full-time students studying year 10, 11 or 12
- adult re-entry students who are completing their SACE.
The Sports Voucher program provides a discount of up to $200 on sport, active recreation and music fees.
Supports include:
- Providing 2 x $100 vouchers per child, per calendar year
- Covering the costs for sport, active recreation and music fees
- Available to children living in South Australia in Reception to Year 9
- Easing cost of living pressures for families