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Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC)

The first Club in Tasmania was formed in 1946 at Launceston. There are now 13 Clubs Statewide.

Police and Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) are the largest youth organisation in Australia. The Clubs have historically provided a wide range of sporting and recreational activities for youth including gymnastics, trampolining, boxing, self defence classes and most indoor games.

In recent years the PCYC movement in Tasmania has broadened its role to provide outreach programs to youth from outlying areas. These programs include the RecLink project which provides sporting and recreational activities for unemployed and disadvantaged youth. The Teen Vacation program is another activity which provides for "at risk" youth during holiday periods.

The Mobile Activity Centre is an equipped trailer which provides numerous activities as well as health and welfare information to identified areas of need. The activities provided include basketball, volleyball, cricket, baseball, Sony playstation and most indoor and outdoor games. There now three Mobile Activity Centre units operating throughout the State and hopefully another unit will begin operations shortly from Launceston. The purpose of the MAC project is to provide recreational activities for young people, provide opportunities to participate in healthy recreation for all ages, to provide a positive liaison between Police and young people and to encourage the principles of good citizenship.

The Clubs are separate incorporated bodies and rely on Public and Corporate sponsorship support to remain viable and provide for the Community needs.

For further information, please contact:

Police and Community Youth Clubs:

Hobart: (03) 6230 2246;

Clarence: (03) 6230 2832;

Bridgewater: (03) 6263 5277;

Sorell: (03) 6265 4950;

Rokeby: (Police Academy) (03) 6230 2000

Launceston: (03) 6344 2411

Burnie: (03) 6431 2139