C-YAC · cyberyac.comYour kid is curious about cybersecurity. C-YAC turns that curiosity into a portfolio, mentorship, and a path. Here's what it asks and what it gives back.
C-YAC — the Cyber Youth Advisory Council — is for students aged 12–17 who want to be more than passive recipients of digital-safety messaging. They want to teach the year below them. They want to inform the adults around them. They want a portfolio.
If that sounds like your student, this page is for you.
Time. Two to four hours a month is the baseline. More if they want to lead a workshop, host a parent night, or take on a portfolio project — and many do, by choice.
Voice. Not every C-YAC student is a natural public speaker on day one. Most of them grow into it because the room is small, the support is real, and the topic is something they already care about.
Persistence. A C-YAC student who shows up for two terms builds something a one-off workshop can’t touch. The compound effect is most of the value.
Younger students can attend workshops and assemblies through their school. C-YAC membership starts at 12. We’ve had founding chapters as young as Year 7 (Grade 6); the bell-curve sits at Year 9–11 (Grades 8–10).
Every C-YAC session has a designated adult present. Volunteer specialists working with C-YAC are background-checked and operate under our safeguarding policy. We will share that policy with you in full before your student joins. No exceptions.
No fee to the student or family. If your community wants to host a chapter, costs are covered by the host organisation, a partner sponsor, or grant funding — never the family.
If your school or community group already has a chapter, ask the adult lead.
If not, and your student wants in, write to us — one sentence about your student, one sentence about the school or community. We’ll work with you and a teacher / librarian / youth-group lead to scope a chapter.