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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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APY Lands, Bike SA Program

In reply to the Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (19 June 2014).

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change): The Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion has advised:

1. The Bike SA program on the APY Lands is known as 'Bikes Palya'. Bike SA was granted a Special Community Youth Grant of $300,000 through the Charitable and Social Welfare Fund (commonly known as Community Benefit SA) to deliver the Bikes Palya program to school students on the APY Lands over three calendar years (2014, 2015 and 2016). It provides lessons in bike riding, safety, maintenance and repair in a number of Anangu schools, using donated BMX and trail bicycles.

2. The funding has enabled Bike SA to offer the Bikes Palya program to every school on the APY Lands from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016, incorporating two or three week-long visits. It is available for students from five to 18 years of age and participation is strongly linked to school attendance.

The primary purpose of this program is to build a culture of cycling as a healthy activity, to improve the wellbeing and mental health of young people and promote life values such as resourcefulness, respect for property and being safe.

Senior students have participated by mentoring younger students, as well as learning how to maintain and repair bikes.

Recent data shows that 99 bikes have been gifted to communities; 286 students participated during school hours; 14 bike workshops were offered out of school; 191 participants engaged with the Bike Repair Program (73 adults, 118 children) and one BMX track has been established in a community with four under construction in other communities.

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