This initiative encompasses the development and support of a Youth Indigenous Cycle Group based in Cairns and is designed to foster social inclusion in the sport of cycling that is very valued, has a high profile and is very popular in the Cairns area but has low representation of indigenous peoples.
The project won the Promoting Wellbeing Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2017 Queensland Health Awards for Excellence.
Partnerships: The program's implementation follows a Collective Integration Framework and has been the product of cooperation between Cairns Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATODS) (Queensland Health), Non-Government Oranisations (Clontarf Foundation - Trinity Bay High School, associate director Aidan Coate and& the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation who sponsored entry for the team in the Cairns Cardiac Challenge 2017, Rotary International, Cairns Cycling Club, and a local professional cycle coach, Queensland Police, a volunteer local lawyer and cycling enthusiast, a prominent local bike shop owner and bicycle mechanic and various generous individual members of the community who expressed interest and value in the program by donating helmets, gloves, cycle wear, puncture repair kits and generously sponsored their participation in the charity fundraising Cairns Cardiac Challenge 2017.
