The Latest Breaking News from PCYC

Youth worker preyed on vulnerable victims for decades

A former youth worker will spend at least a decade behind bars for the long-term sexual abuse of young boys across decades, many of them vulnerable.

AAP · Dec 4, 2024

Basketball stadium gasworks idea slammed as 'an election ploy'

'It's an attempt to grab for votes.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 22, 2024

State plans high-rise apartments on showground, basketball stadium sites

Hunter Park plan needs $3 billion funding over 30 years.

Newcastle Herald · May 22, 2024

Want to hear the purring roar of 75 Ferraris?

Head to Lovett Tower on the first Sunday in December to see them.

The Canberra Times · Oct 8, 2022

Canberra PCYC's Project 180 bringing vulnerable teenagers back from the brink and into the classroom

A tiny classroom in a former air force hospital is transforming the hopes of ACT students who had given up on attending school.

ABC News · Sep 17, 2022

Calls for PCYC in Perth's north-west amid concerns about youth crime

Once a troubled teen himself, Dirk Zarb Cousin wants to see more done to engage young people in Perth's north-western suburbs so they don't engage in crime.

ABC News · Aug 30, 2022

How the Penrith community is using rugby league to educate youth and fight the stereotypes

Rugby league has often fallen victim to the same stereotypes that have blighted parts of western Sydney, but dedicated volunteers are helping make the game a force for good in the community.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Paul Fletcher used PCYC’s endorsement ‘without permission’ on election flyers, youth charity claims

Flier quotes president of PCYC NSW’s Hornsby branch describing communications minister as ‘friendly and professional’

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

Former Australian and world champion junior rock climbers allege they were sexually abused by their coach

Sophie Vivian, Jessie Orrell and Libby Hall all left toxic environments at gymnastics. They took up rock climbing and thought they were walking away from the pain, but instead, they said they encountered something worse.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2022