Book your place onto our Senior After School Care Oscar in 2022 now, by contacting the Oscar Coordinator by email at: oscar@yat.org.nz  Our programme is only for those in school years 5 – 9, which tends to suit the older ones and means our activities can be more focused to their age.  If you’ve not been to us before, we’ll arrange a meeting with you and your child, to answer your questions, talk about how it works and show you around the facilities.

We run different activities each day which they can chose to join in with as part of Oscar including Kitchen Klub, Basketball Club, Craft Craft, Park Day, Tamatāne Boys Club, Kortirotiro Girls Club & Rock Solid. Our mission is to engage the young people in fun after-school activities, teaching them new things, developing friendships and working to a wellbeing model. Click on ‘Brochure’ to see our parent flyer.

Our vans pick up children from all local schools and brings them back to our venue in central Brighton. School pick up’s include; Rawhiti Primary, New Brighton Catholic, South New Brighton Primary, Nova Montessori and Chisnallwood Intermediate.

If you’re working or studying, check out the subsidy information at the link below, and many people don’t realise they’d qualify  eg: If you have 2 or more children, you need to be earning more than $1,600 per week to not receive any subsidy, or $1,800 per week if you have 3 children. Click here for more information: Out of School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) Subsidy – Work and Income

More information on our OSCAR PAGE

Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers,

We have a massive 12 programmes planned over the Summer Break and the first 6 (pre-Christmas) are now bookable! There is something for every age, from 5-17, so check these out:

Holiday Programmes: School Years 1-8

We have 7 days of activities planned from when school finishes until Christmas Eve. There are two programmes in Week 1 with activities such as Mini Golf, Swimming and Pedal Mania. In Week two, the programmes are also split by age and activities include Launch Pad Trampoline Park, African Drumming and Orana Wildlife Park. All programmes are led by our regular team of leaders, and there will be a lot of games and fun in between! Please click on the Hyperlinks below to view the brochures.

• 15^th – 17^th  Dec: School Years 1 – 4 (Juniors)
• 15^th – 17^th  Dec: School Years 5 – 8 (Seniors)

• 20^th – 23^rd Dec: School Years 1 – 3 (Kea)
• 20^th – 23^rd Dec: School Years 4 – 6 (Pukeko)

Teens Summer Camp: School Years 8-13 

Our annual teen summer camp is again going to the YMCA camp in Wainui over the weekend before Christmas. Camps are about trying new things, developing friendships and memory making. Activities will include Coasteering, High Ropes, Snorkling, an Outdoor Movie and a trip into Akoroa. At just $70 to cover food and accommodation, all other activities are free! Please click on the Hyperlink below to view the brochure.

• 17^th – 19^th Dec: School Years 9 – 13 (Surge Summer Camp)

Intermediates Breakaway: School Years 7-8 

Our final Breakaway of the year bring together nearly 50 intermediates for 3 big days! Test yourself at Adrenaline Forest’s High Ropes courses, learn some African Drumming and then race down the Hydroslides at Hanmer Springs Hot Pools. Click on the Hyperlink below to view the brochure.

• 20^th – 22^nd Dec: School Years 7 – 8 (Breakaway)

January 2022 Programmes

We have some sweet programmes planned for the final two weeks of January, for all three age groups.  Activities such as Blokarting, Gymnastics, Launchpad Trampoline Park, Mini Golf, a Christchurch Park Tour and lots and lots of games!! However, please be patient with us if we need to swap and change activities, because of Covid uncertainty and/or weather. Please click on the Hyperlinks below to view the brochures.

• 17^th – 21^st Jan: School Years 1 – 3 (Kea)
• 17^th – 21^st Jan: School Years 4 – 6 (Pukeko)
• 17^th – 21^st Jan: School Years 7 – 9 (Piwakawaka)

• 24^th – 28^th Jan: School Years 1 – 3 (Kea)
• 24^th – 28^th Jan: School Years 4 – 6 (Pukeko)
• 24^th – 28^th Jan: School Years 7 – 9 (Piwakawaka)

How to Book?

Book all of these programmes and camps at our normal booking site:

https://yat.aimyplus.com

If you have booked YAT programmes before, you can use your normal email and password, then click on “Make a booking”. Select your child’s name, ‘Youth Alive Trust’ as our programme venue and booking type before you click on “next”. On the following page select the days you would like to book.

If you’ve not booked before, click “New Parent? Register here”, complete your profile, and the follow the steps above to make a booking.

Payment Method

The Aimyplus system now allows us to take payment at the same time as bookings, and then you are guaranteed your spot, without waiting for us to confirm your booking. There are 3 options for payment at the time of booking:

1. Bank Transfer (no fee for you)
2. Visa or Mastercard – Credit or Visa Debit (2.5%)
3. WINZ Client. You will need to input your client number into your profile before choosing this option.

We are asking all payments to be made before the holiday programmes commence, as we have been stung too many times with unresolved debt accumulating to thousands of dollars over the years. These are not profit making programmes, and as a charity we struggle to break even each year. Do chat to us or email our finance guy if you have any questions: accounts@yat.org.nz

NB: There is no payment for the Intermediates Breakaway.

Our offices are closed between Christmas and mid-January, so please book early, as there will be nobody helping with forms and bookings while we’re on holidays 🙂

If you have any questions, please email: rego@yat.org.nz

Ngā Mihi

The Youth Alive Trust Team

PS: Have you checked our Upstream yet??  You can help fundraise towards our wide variety of free or subsidised programmes by just using approved businesses on the UpstreamNZ website. YAT receives donations when people use approved businesses for their everyday purchases of goods and services, such as car tyres, coffee, insurance, trades, bins, carpet, heat pumps, signage, car grooming, etc, etc – over 400 products and services to now choose from and over $114,000 now raised for youth charities in Christchurch! This VIDEO explains how it works. Next time you need a service or product, book your business through: www.upstreamnz.co.nz and ask them to donate their percentage to Youth Alive Trust.

Surge Summer Camp 2021 is coming up in December! Last year’s summer camp was a blast and this year’s will be too with activities like snorkelling and high-ropes!
Click on the image below to go to the Surge Summer Camp page for more info, the brochure and a link to sign up.