Congratulations to our raffle winners! Drumroll please...

Thank you to all who entered our Build-A-Bike raffle fundraiser this year. The proceeds go directly back into supporting young people doing it tough across WA and every contribution makes a difference.

And the winners are:

1. First Prize [Build-A-Bike Team Challenge] - Mark Pace | Karrinyup

2. Second Prize [Kart Centre Race Group Team Package] - John Barnett | Claremont

3. Third Prize - [Nitro Circus CX3 Pro Scooter] - John Barnett | Claremont

Congratulations to our lucky winners and a big thank you to The Kart Centre and Todd Meyn for generously donating two of our prizes!

BikeRescue Local to launch in Karratha, Roebourne and Wickham

BIKES, BUSINESS & COMMUNITY AGENDAS COLLIDE TO HELP AT-RISK TEENS IN KARRATHA REGION

Established Perth youth development NFP, Dismantle, will be delivering their flagship BikeRescue Local program to the greater Karratha region in 2020 thanks to the collaboration of community and local business efforts. The funds raised enable training and development to extend for 2 years, so that local Karratha youth services can continue the program, independent from Dismantle’s support.

The 10 week bike restoration program sees at-risk teens re-engaging through skills based, hands-on mentoring from local youth workers, to get them back on track and better equipped to deal with personal challenges. Working with over 400 disadvantaged young people each year, Dismantle is nationally recognised as a standout success story for positively impacting teens who are otherwise falling through the cracks. CEO Pat Ryan on BikeRescue; “the program allows youth workers to act as bike mechanics in disguise; building rapport with young people who are having a tough time. Over the course of the program, not only do we build bikes and skills in the process, we also build trust, confidence, pride in finishing something and new sense of motivation for the future.” 

BikeRescue has already seen success in regional areas but The Karratha Project is the first example of a long-term commitment embedding the program into a region for a significant period of time. This commitment has largely been made possible by funding from a consortium of businesses including, PowerTechowertech.com.au/, Fugro, KAW Engineering, Robe River Aboriginal Corporation, Kennards Hire Foundation, Yaandina Community Group and the City of Karratha.

Results from previous BikeRescue programs have included a significant lift in school attendance and a positive shift in confidence and general wellbeing of participants. The program has also led to a decreased incidence of anti-social and risk behaviours, with Police reporting in one area that, “it’s the first time in 7 years that there have been no juvenile related offences in a week during the school holidays. There was a clear connection between engaging this cohort in a productive activity [Bike Rescue] and a zero-crime school holiday week.” 

BikeRescue is set to launch in early 2020 in three locations across Karratha, Roebourne and Wickham. 

The Dismantle Quarterly - July 2019

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Welcome to The Dismantle Quarterly There's so much going on here at Dismantle. We're recycling hundreds of bicycles with hundreds of amazing young people across Perth, we're visiting regional areas in WA to run programs, we're working with BikeDr. to offer some of our graduates their first job, we've moved into a new warehouse in West Perth, we trained up a talented team of Youth Workers in Alice Springs and we've started a new social enterprise (more on that next) - and this has all happened in the last 3 months! To help you stay up to date with what's happening across our organisation, we're compiling our stories into a newsletter we're calling 'The Dismantle Quarterly'. It's a collection of bits and pieces we find interesting and hope you will too. At the time of writing this we've only got a few hundred subscribers, so firstly, thanks for signing up to hear our news, and then second - please do us a favour and share this with someone that should know what we do here. The more we can get our message out, the more good work we can do across the communities we work in. Enjoy,  - the Dismantle Team Introducing: 'ReNew Property Maintenance' For those of you who have been following our social media, you would have seen the exciting news in October last year - winning Impact100 WA's $100k Grant. This funding has been used to initiate a new social enterprise within the umbrella of Dismantle - ReNew Property Maintenance.  ReNew is an opportunity for our BikeRescue program graduates to stay connected to our team, for a further 3-6 months, to assist them overcome their challenges and enter the workforce. The work consists of a range of groundskeeping and labour tasks, but the real value we're seeing is the development of soft skills; turning up on time, being proud of a day's work and having ongoing conversations about 'what's next'. Also, we're helping each participant with getting a bank account, super, TFN, police clearance and a white card. This is basic stuff, but sometimes it's the smaller things that hold young people back from being able to get into a job. The best part is, ReNew is a social enterprise, trading with commercial partners, which means we're able to create our own income to fund the opportunities for our young people. Starting only 3 months ago, ReNew has been flat out, performing services 5 days a week, with 10 young people working their first job in the new business unit.  FIND OUT MORE STORIES & SHOUT OUTS Thanks Kennards Hire! Joining as a major supporter of Dismantle, Kennards Hire Foundation has been incredibly supportive of kids doing it tough in Aus and NZ. Now we've joined their support list, Kennards Hire Foundation are subsidising programs, helping us order bulk parts, sorting us out with equipment, storage space, providing OHS training and much more… a big shout out to the team at Kennards Hire!  READ MORE ReNew Update - Lachie and Byron Lachie and Byron have just finished their first 3-month position at ReNew, having graduated BikeRescue earlier in the year. “The first day we met I was nervous as hell. I’m more confident & efficient now. ReNew doesn’t just teach you to garden, it teaches you to be organised.” READ MORE BikeRescue in Alice Springs BikeRescue License is a new-ish initiative of Dismantle, specially designed for regional partners. We've packaged our program into a turn-key license, offering training, equipment and teaching resources so teachers and youth workers in other areas can deliver BikeRescue themselves. The Gap Youth Centre in Alice Springs were the latest regional partners to sign up for a BikeRescue License... READ MORE We're always on the lookout for support. Whether you want to donate a bike for our youth programs, organise a corporate volunteering day or sponsor a program, we'd love to hear from you. SUPPORT DISMANTLE OUR NUMBERS 2011 - 2019 1.9k YOUTH SUPPORT We have over 1,900 stories of helping at-risk teens to build life, learning & employability skills. 2.5k OUTPUT Facilitating the restoration of nearly 2,500 bikes - with around 600 donated to charities in Perth. 37t ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 37+ tonnes worth of waste diverted from landfill. 20 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS Offering young people entry level work opportunities within our social enterprise initiatives. Our Major Partners     .      .       .   .              Dismantle is a charity that exists to enable at-risk young people to achieve their potential. 2 Golding Street, West Perth ABN: 6741 992 1660 m. 0468 744 258 e. hello@dismantle.org.au w. dismantle.org.au   Facebook Instagram Website