The Newell Highway Program Alliance opted to choose PCYC Dubbo after the former's fundraising efforts during lockdown while taking part in the Dubbo Stampede.

The alliance was able to raise over $5000 which has since been donated to PCYC Dubbo.

PCYC Dubbo manager Emily Ross said the money would go towards helping the youth in a lot of different ways.

"Obviously it will go to our rise up program and also our Dubbo junior activities," she said.

"So it will help go towards new equipment for the kids which is really, really needed.

"It will help go towards food and feeding them."

Ms Ross believes the funding is important the organisation who are self-funded for the large majority of their efforts.

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"As a charity we rely on these things a lot," she said.

"People don't realise we are actually 90 per cent self funded.

"Things like this are absolutely critical to our organisation."

Chief executive officer of PCYC Dominic Teaqule said the funding would be used to feed school-aged children in the mornings as well as being used to help teenagers pay for their driver's license.

"We're going to offset the cost for running that program," he said.

"If you think about it, we feed them every morning and that costs money.

"It will go directly to this.

"We're also going to look at some driver programs for 10 young people.

"To get a job you need a driver's license and some people can't afford that offset."

Acting director for region west at Transport NSW Kristy Hartwig believes the money is going to the right place.

"This is a program that the Newell Highway program analysed which is a very successful initiative," she said.

"Part of their task is to make sure they leave a lasting legacy in communities and that they are really supporting communities.

"So 32 of the team ran in the Dubbo Stampede.

"With the money that they raised they chose to donate $6000 to the PCYC."

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