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25.01.2022 Thank you Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd for your continued support going into 2020!

24.01.2022 We have another Bunnings Warehouse Australia Sausage Sizzle coming up on Saturday. Come down to Bunnings Manly West to support Make it Home & meet some of our amazing team!

24.01.2022 Congrats Kyra on getting your Ps!

23.01.2022 Make it Home Safely Inc. board members have decided to wind up the association. We would like to thank our volunteers, community stakeholders and young people who have helped us to raise the awareness of the long term impact of traumatic head injury and empower young people to create, communicate and implement safe driving practices. A big shout out to our mentors who provided 2,049 hours of supervised driving over 62,568 kms supporting disadvantaged young people to obtain their provisional licence. Let’s continue to make better choices to keep our friends and family safe on our roads.

22.01.2022 Dell has her plant stall back just in time for Christmas She will be outside Joan Pease MPs office on Friday, the 6th of December 8am-2pm. Choose a special plant for Christmas and support Make it Homes learner drivers For more information call Dell 0411 303 810

21.01.2022 Well done to one of our P Platers, Lars, on becoming a finalist in the Videos For Change competition. Its a powerful message!! Unfortunately voting has closed, but we wish you the best of luck for the remainder of the competition!

20.01.2022 Passenger behaviour is high on Make it Home Safely Inc agenda. A split second decision is all it takes to reduce distraction and stay focused, which can prevent a major family heartache. Thanks to The Community Leader for featuring us in your Community Profile! You can read the full feature in their July Issue: https://bit.ly/2WgwolX

20.01.2022 Last chance to buy a plant for Christmas. Dell will be at Joan Pease MPs office until 2pm today. Thanks to everyone who has supported Make it Home this year!

19.01.2022 It was great to get together today to farewell Toni Dugdale, Community Relations and Communications Advisor for Caltex Lytton Oil Refinery. Toni has made a great contribution in our community over two decades. A big thank you to Joan Pease MP, Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd, Bartons Motor Group, Wynnum-Manly Mens Shed and Rosies - Friends On The Street for contributing towards the breakfast. We wish you well Toni and cant thank you enough.

18.01.2022 Kyra started the Make it Home 100 program a couple of months ago. After a number of professional lessons and supervised sessions in the auto she switched to manual Kyra made it to the main road on her first session and last week we were at Wellington Point. Look out Brisbane here we come!!

18.01.2022 Thanks Bunnings Warehouse Australia Manly West for your support with the sausage sizzles. Make it Home love catching up with the community whilst raising funds to support disadvantaged young people to obtain their provisional licence.

18.01.2022 Having worked with them on other projects, we took our Make it Home concepts to Tingal Graphics five years ago and look what they came up with. There wasn't anything they couldn't do. Thank you for helping us create something amazing.

17.01.2022 Come grab lunch with us at Bunnings Manly West! Wed love to meet you plus youll be supporting learner drivers

17.01.2022 Motorways are always tricky to enter, especially when its really busy! Stay calm, shoulder check, indicate and be aware of what the traffic is doing around you and youll be fine

16.01.2022 Remember you can only make a u-turn when its signed

16.01.2022 Just a reminder Dell is at Joan Pease MPs office today selling her plants from 8am today. Drop by 100 Edith St, Wynnum to say hello and buy a plant

16.01.2022 Join us this Saturday at Bartons Motor Group Wheels Workshop. Get to know your vehicle and learn how to take care of it between services. The amazing Bartons team will give us a run down of a cars parts and how they work. Limited spaces are available, so see the attached flyer for RSVP information.

16.01.2022 It has been great to see Leanne, one of our past learner drivers, be a part of the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament in the past. And were excited to share that nominations are open for the 2020 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament. Check out Joan Pease MPs post for more information on nominations & applications! Thanks Joan Pease MP for your continued support

15.01.2022 After three years of supporting 78 young people with professional and supervised sessions in the car we have transitioned one of our Make it Home 100 vehicles to Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre to continue the program. Thank you Bartons Motor Group , Caltex Lytton Oil Refinery , Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd , Rotary Club of Wynnum and Manly , Ross Vasta MP, Joan Pease MP, Cr Peter Cumming , Tingal Graphics , calebloeken and our Make it Home Safely Inc board and mentors for backing us. We look forward to seeing more P platers driving safely on our roads.

14.01.2022 Dell will be outside Joan Pease MPs office (100 Edith St) again tomorrow morning from 8am-2pm. This is going to be the last opportunity to buy her plants for a couple of months so if youve been considering paying her a visit now is the perfect time!

12.01.2022 Dont forget Dell will be selling her plants outside Joan Pease MPs office today from 8am-2pm, raising money for Make it Home If youre in the area stop by, say hello and maybe buy a few of her amazing plants for Christmas

12.01.2022 Fatality Free Friday aims for zero deaths on our roads for just one day. In 2019 there were 28 fewer deaths on our Queensland roads than the previous year! Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre staff and students, Caltex Lytton Oil Refinery, Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd, Ross Vasta MP, and Cr Peter Cumming - for Wynnum Manly Ward have taken the pledge to be safer on our roads. You can too at the Australian Road Safety Foundation website: https://bit.ly/3cbDGMZ

12.01.2022 Traffic conditions around roadworks are constantly changing, take it easy, slow down and keep watch for any hazards.

11.01.2022 We have some exciting news to share about Don, one of our Make it Home 100 mentors! Don has recently become a professional trainer with EasyAs Driver Training Australia! Congrats Don... our young people have become safer drivers with your input.

11.01.2022 Last year 1,195 Australians died on our roads. This Friday is Fatality Free Friday and the Australian Road Safety Foundation are calling on the community to take the pledge this week on their website & upload a photo of yourself which they will turn into a mosaic with 1,195 faces of everyday people - families of road trauma victims, first responders, doctors and trauma care providers, community safety advocates and supporters. Click the link below to support Road Safety & "take the pledge". https://bit.ly/2XyzHEO Thanks to our amazing supporters who joined us last year at Wynnum Foreshore to taking the pledge

10.01.2022 Take it easy and slow down when you see wildlife signs, always keep an eye out for wallabies and koalas!

10.01.2022 Yesterday we caught up with Matt, the Head of Campus at Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre, and Peta from Caltex Lytton Refineries to hear what Fatality Free Friday & road safety means to them. Take the pledge at the Australian Road Safety Foundation website: https://bit.ly/3cbDGMZ

08.01.2022 Dell is back selling her plants at Joan Pease MPs office (100 Edith St Wynnum) from 8am today. Come and say hi and support learner drivers on the Make it Home 100 program.

08.01.2022 It was great to celebrate all of our learners drivers who have obtained their Ps and thank our mentors and stakeholders for their support during Queensland Road Safety Week.

07.01.2022 Dell is back selling her plants outside Joan Pease MPs Office this Friday, 8am-1pm. Drop by and say hello, buy a plant and help Make it Home promote road safety in our community!

07.01.2022 It was great to celebrate another year of great outcomes at our AGM last week. A big thank you to Wynnum Manly Community Bank Branch for allowing us to use their meeting room. We are looking forward to another great year.

06.01.2022 Today is the day! Come and visit Bunnings Warehouse Australia Manly West today to grab a sausage on bread and support Make it Home! We would love to meet you

06.01.2022 Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd have supported our road safety initiatives since 2016. Their backing enabled us to support people living with acquired brain injury, empower young people to create, communicate and implement safe driving practices and enable young people without access to a supervisor or registered vehicle to complete their logbook hours. Thank you for your investment that has made a difference to so many.

05.01.2022 High beams are great! But dont forget to turn them off when your approaching another car!

04.01.2022 Dianne was down early to get the pick of the plants for friends for Christmas come on down and say hi Dell will be outside Joan Pease MPs office until 2pm.

04.01.2022 Road Trauma is the biggest killer of children in Australia aged 1-14 years! Tomorrow is Fatality Free Friday so join Health and Safety Advisors Gayle and Toni from Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd and 482,855 other Australians who have taken the online pledge. We are all responsible for keeping our children and communities safe. https://bit.ly/3cbDGMZ

04.01.2022 Thank you Bendigo Bank Wynnum Manly Community Bank Branch for donating the sausages, bread and your time for our Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Manly West tomorrow.

03.01.2022 Today is your last chance to purchase some of Dells plants before Christmas! Dell will be outside Joan Pease MPs office until 2pm. Come and say hi and support learner drivers

03.01.2022 Slow down around sharp corners, if you come into them too fast you dont want to understeer When in doubt, just slow down!

03.01.2022 Make it Home are down with the Hemmant Flexi young people at Bunnings Manly West helping them to raise money for supervised driving sessions. Come down and say Hi

03.01.2022 It was great to catch up with Peter and some of our P platers at the Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre graduation on Thursday. Congratulations Tilly, Ella and Callum!