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Community education

RAC Community Education is committed to educating Western Australians on road and community safety topics to protect and enhance their lives.

Our highly trained and experienced presenters offer expert advice to groups of fifteen or more people, with free information sessions and interactive workshops. We offer a range of informative presentations that cover a wide variety of topics to meet the needs and interests of different groups including students, parents, seniors and community clubs and associations.

For schools

RAC is dedicated to educating students about road and personal safety through the RAC Community Education school program. The free presentations are held all over Western Australia and run for 45 - 50 minutes.

In 2010, the RAC Community Education team visited 132 metropolitan schools and 33 regional schools to educate students on road safety.

Find out more about our school program for years 10, 11 and 12.
Young Australian of the Year (WA) 2009

For seniors

RAC understands the importance of ongoing community education. If you belong to a seniors club or organisation within the metropolitan area, RAC Community Education can conduct a free presentation for groups of 15 or more.

Find out more about our seniors program for community groups.

Youth programs

Learn to driveLearn to Drive Program

The learn to drive program is an RAC initiative that provides parents, teachers, and learner drivers with easy to read, detailed advice on every step involved in learning to drive and getting a driver's licence.

Find out more about learn to drive. 


free2gofree2go for 17-19 year old drivers.

RAC offers the free2go program to 17, 18 and 19 year old drivers.

free2go is a free three-year membership program that provides free personal roadside assistance for 17 year olds. Plus 18 and 19 year olds can join the second and third years of the program and still receive 50% off standard roadside assistance.

The membership also includes a huge range of RAC partner discounts and benefits and free motoring advice.

Find out more about free2go. 


bstreetsmart

bstreetsmart 2012

bstreetsmart, formerly known as the Youth & Road Trauma Forum, was developed by the Trauma Service Westmead Hospital in NSW. The aim is to reduce the fatality and injury rates of young people by promoting safer driving behaviours, with the program receiving national recognition through the Australian Road Safety Awards. RAC is teaming up with the WA Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Perth Royal Hospital and St John Ambulance to bring you and your Year 10 to 12 students this event on 8 May 2012 at Challenge Stadium. There will be several aspects to this free event, including:

  • the re-enactment of a crash scene
  • hearing from people who have been personally affected by road trauma
  • the opportunity to browse interactive and informative stalls
  • the opportunity to participate in a game, such as wheelchair basketball, to experience first-hand what it is like to use a wheelchair
Target Audience: Years 10 to 12 students

Places are strictly limited, so call (08) 9436 4471 now to check for availability.

Partnerships

Paraplegic Benefit Fund

PBF AustraliaRAC supports the Paraplegic Benefit Fund (PBF) to deliver a powerful road safety program encouraging young people to make safer choices about road use. The PBF prevention program is facilitated by people who have sustained a spinal cord injury in their youth and they provide first-hand accounts of the life-changing impact that a serious road crash has.

Read more about PBF of the PBF website.


SDERA

School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA) is a State Government strategy to support schools and the wider community in the provision of best practice resilience, drug and road safety education for young people. The RAC and SDERA work in partnership to provide Keys for Life: A Workshop for Parents and Young People.

Read more about SDERA on the SDERA website.