Police Citizens Youth Club

Established in 1948, the Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association (PCYC Queensland) is a not-for-profit organisation with 54 PCYCs across Queensland including six Indigenous PCYCs in remote communities: Napranum, Aurukun, Yarrabah, Doomadgee, Palm Island and Mornington Island.

All PCYCs have a police sergeant on site delivering crime prevention and community engagement programs and activities.  Having QPS officers based inside PCYCs encourages positive relationships in the community and fosters unique interactions and experiences between QPS Officers and young Queenslanders.

PCYC programs and activities include:

• After Dark – a free after-hours sport-based activity program for young people aged 12-18 who are likely experiencing some level of disengagement from community, family or school. The program is designed to empower young people by improving physical health and wellbeing, emotional resilience, self-esteem, and confidence using sport in a safe and structured peer environment.
• Drop In – an initiative to keep young people off the streets and give them a safe place to associated. ‘Drop In’ creates a space for youth workers and local police to get to know young people, build a rapport and discuss issues or problems that may be affecting them. Each club’s ‘Drop In’ has different activity offerings ranging from board games, pool, free wi-fi, card games, video games, air hockey, movies, table tennis, chill out lounges etc.
• Rise Up Be Yourself (RUBY) for women affected by domestic and family violence to build physical strength and confidence.  All programs have an attending female Police Officer who gives offers advice regarding the court processes and assistance in linking them to other support agencies.
• Braking the Cycle (BTC) – a driver mentor program to support young people who, due to financial hardship or social barriers, may otherwise be unable to complete their 100 hours required to obtain a driver’s licence, often required as a prerequisite to employment
• Deep Blue Line – a mentoring program for disengaged youth, led by police officers focusing on life-skills sessions and interactions with mentors based around key learning areas of communication, wellbeing and positive futures

More than 70 Queensland Police Service officers and eight Police Liaison Officers work with PCYC to partner, mentor and inspire young people.  working together through youth development and community engagement to reduce youth offending and build cohesive, resilient communities.

Our crime prevention and youth development programs help more than 50,000 young Queenslanders each year to make positive life choices so they can be the best they can be. 

More information about PCYC Queensland programs and activities 

To contact the State Coordinator for PCYC please email PCYC.StateCoordinator@police.qld.gov.au