The Rotary Club of Bundaberg’s Ryda program will once again drive home its youth road safety message thanks to venue hire support from Bundaberg Regional Council.
The program features highly engaging workshops aimed at providing students and teachers with the tools and understanding to be responsible road users.
Run by volunteers from groups including Rotary, Lions, Zonta and Volunteers in Policing, the local workshop will take place on Thursday 27 August at the Bundaberg Recreational Precinct.
Mayor Helen Blackburn said Council was pleased to support the program through a venue fee waiver.
“The Ryda workshops aim to instil good driving habits in teens both as passengers and when they get behind the wheel themselves one day,” Mayor Blackburn said.
“Road safety is an important issue across our community and so we are happy to support the Rotary Club of Bundaberg and our future drivers through this initiative.”
Bundaberg Ryda Chair Matt Griffiths said Council’s fee waiver support was vital to the continuation of the program locally.
“Without community support like the fee waiver for the recreational precinct and main pavilion we wouldn’t be able to afford to run programs like Ryda,” Matt said.
“Ryda is run in Bundaberg by volunteers… we are service organisations and not commercial, so we don’t have the financial resources to pay for a facility like the recreational precinct, which all agree is the ideal location for this program.
“Ryda is more than a program, it’s a partnership which supports teachers on the journey as they provide their students with the tools and understanding they need to see themselves as active, responsible road citizens.
“Taking a largely student inquiry learning approach, Ryda becomes part of the school culture from the first to last day of a young person’s high school life.
“Beyond that, Ryda provides students with the tools, habits and motivation to act and stay safe on our roads as both drivers and passengers throughout their lives.”
Find more information on the Ryda program and Bundaberg event here.
