Changing Gears
is a learner permit training program helping community groups provide
life changing skills to disadvantaged young people.
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Changing Gears
funding interest
The VicRoads Community Road Safety Grants Program (CRSGP)
provides funding to local communities in supporting their overarching principle:
The Safe System
Safer Vehicles, Safer Roads, Safer Speeds and Safer Road Users
Subscribe to this special mailing list to receive support and guidance in applying for funding for Changing Gears Programs.
Our pass rate is 92%
Project monitoring and evaluation
The intention of the program is for participants to achieve an understanding of the need to be a safe road user and to obtain their learners permit. Continual assessment of learning outcomes and participants feedback will contribute to the development of Changing Gears Program.
Average of 93% Pass rate
Helping young people develop safe
driving behaviours and low-risk strategies
Changing Gears will support your organisation in securing funding of up to $10,000, which is enough for three funded programs.
You just need to supply the classroom and the young people.
Changing Gears
funding interest
The Vic Roads Community Road Safety Grants Program (CRSGP)
provides funding to local communities in supporting their overarching principle:
The Safe System
Safer Vehicles, Safer Roads, Safer Speeds and Safer Road Users
Subscribe to this special mailing list to receive support and guidance in applying for funding for Changing Gears Programs.
Helping young people in how to choose a
safe vehicle in a fun and interactive class room
Changing Gears will support your organisation in securing funding of up to $10,000, which is enough for three funded programs.
You just need to supply the classroom and the young people.
Changing Gears
funding interest
The VicRoads Community Road Safety Grants Program (CRSGP)
provides funding to local communities in supporting their overarching principle:
The Safe System
Safer Vehicles, Safer Roads, Safer Speeds and Safer Road Users
Subscribe to this special mailing list to receive support and guidance in applying for funding for Changing Gears Programs.
Evidence of community engagement/partnerships to support program delivery
The effectiveness of the program is evidenced by the success rate and feedback from organisations that have engaged the program
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
The engagement of Linda Jane from Changing Gears evidences the best practice response to educating new road users to understand road safety behaviours.
The Changing Gears framework is a tried and tested with great success and outcomes, delivered by experienced and skillful facilitators.
Changing Gears is an outstanding program that assists young people to gain their drivers licence in a way that speaks their language.
This program offers a fun and interactive environment where each young person learns how to have a shared responsibility towards road safety and what is the best practice towards road safety.
“Linda Jane, a Changing Gears trainer, has worked seamlessly with Vic Deaf support workers in creating an innovative, appropriate program, with a visual approach to classroom learning.
The most recent ‘Changing Gears’ program returned an impressive result with 100% of participants passing their Learner's Permit with VicRoads. There is currently no other organisation offering this type of service to this disenfranchised group of people.…”
Linda has been exceptionally accommodating to the needs of the students and worked well with staff in managing any challenging behaviour that arose.
As a result of the program, all our students successfully passed and are now in possession of a Learners Permit. Changing Gears has hence been a very valuable program to the Pavilion
Changing Gears staff were invited to run a pilot program with ten refugee young people. This is where our management discovered how establish this program was. It was conducted on a highly professional yet a practical scale with proper technology and rich material.
Feedback from our client’s stated they could have never achieved it without the program..…”
