Youth Safety Outreach Program

The CityRail Youth Safety Outreach Program helps young people identify behaviour that is unsafe in the rail environment, assess the risks involved and devise alternatives to dangerous and at times potentially fatal behaviour.

The program is delivered by Jonathan Beninca, who has direct experience of injury having been run over by a train while trespassing at the age of 19. This resulted in horrific injuries.

Jonathan is available to come and speak to your community group, free of charge. We use Jonathan as a visual for youth as, for most, his story cuts right through the attitude of invincibility.

Presentation available

Risk and the consequences of dangerous risk taking around railway property.

Age group: 12-24 at risk youth
Who can book?: Youth groups/organisations of any kind who work with at risk youth, youth refuges and alternative schooling programs for at risk youth.
Numbers: Suitable for groups of three to 30
Resources required: Overhead projector or whiteboard or laptop and data projector
Running time: 15 minutes (minimum) to 40 minutes (maximum).

Presentation outcomes:

• Identify dangerous behaviour on or around train stations
• Identify innocent individuals harmed by dangerous behaviour, e.g. train drivers, guards, staff, passengers
• Educate about rail related safety specifics, such as: the weight of trains, stopping distances, silent approach, stand behind the yellow line
• Create a better understanding of life after a dangerous risk that results in a serious injury
• Encourage healthy friendships and peer support
• Encourage positive decision and choice making
• Encourage students to accept responsibility for their actions
• Break down invincibility attitudes
• Encourage choosing positive behaviours over dangerous risk-taking
• Facilitate positive role modelling

Contact Jonathan to speak at your organisation:
E-mail: outreach@railcorp.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 8922 4433