Challenge Employment & Training

At Challenge Employment and Training we have been transforming lives for over 45 years by utilising our skills and resources to assist people to be the best that they can be.

Originally set up as a community group to tackle youth unemployment in the Ipswich area (Young Unemployed People of Ipswich – YUPI), today we are so much more. We are a registered not-for-profit training organisation across the South-East Queensland areas, that is helping disadvantaged people gain employment and training through a variety of pathways.

Although we have widened our target audience from just youth to all disadvantaged cohorts, we still maintain a 76% youth engagement cohort. We mentor each individual in developing essential work and life skills, and provide opportunities to gain valuable experience and to achieve positive long-term outcomes.