Youth Futures: Safer driver workshop

Youth Futures: Safer Driver's workshop

Date: 14 October 2026

Time: 9am - 5pm

Where: Riverwood Community Hub, 80 kentucky Road, Riverwood NSW

Cost: depends on eligibilty

Age: 15 - 24 years old

What is the safer drivers course?

The NSW Safer Drivers Course teaches learner drivers under 25 to develop safe driving skills and prepare for driving solo.

This course can help you understand speed management, gap selection, hazard awareness, safe following distances, and how to keep driving safely when you get distracted.

This includes:

• A group discussion with other learners + guests presenters

The driving session can be attended on different day - Onroad will contact you to organise a suitable time.

To attend a course you need to:

• have a valid learner licence
• be under 25
• have completed at least 50 log book hours of on-road driving (excluding any 3 for 1 bonus hours), and
• have included night driving in some of those hours.

Bonus hours

If you complete the NSW Safer Drivers Course, you will earn 20 bonus hours of log book credit. The course has been designed for a learner to attend once, so the 20 bonus hours will only count towards your log book once.

You would then need to finish 100 hours of supervised driving outside the course. If you also have 10 structured lessons with a licensed driving instructor, you'll only need to do 70 hours of supervised driving - because these lessons also earn you bonus hours.

Free Safer Drivers Course

If you're from a disadvantaged background or an Aboriginal community, you may be eligible to attend a NSW Safer Drivers Course for free.

Each year, the NSW Government offers 1000 free places for the course. This allows people who may not have the same opportunities as others to benefit from the road safety outcomes of the course.

To be eligible for a place you need to:

• have a valid learner licence
• be under 25
• have completed at least 50 log book hours of on-road driving (excluding any 3 for 1 bonus hours)
• have included night driving in some of those hours
• hold a current Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card issued by the Department of Human Services – Centrelink
• be currently or formerly in Out of Home Care (OOHC).

To apply for a free place, you need to complete a Safer Drivers Course Concession Application Form.

Lunch will be provided

Terms and Conditions:

This activity is for young people who live or study within Canterbury-Bankstown LGA.

Cancellation Policy

If you can no longer attend the activity, registered participants must notify michelle.oconnor@cbcity.nsw.gov.au in writing, no less than 48-hours prior to the event taking place, in order to receive a full refund.

No shows or cancellations received after this 48-hour period are not eligible for any refund.

For further information, email michelle.oconnor@cbcity.nsw.gov.au