There are a number of places you can get FREE Counselling for young people, such as 298 Youth Health​ in the city, and St John of God Hauora Trust​ on Pages Road who counsel 10 – 25 year olds on issues such as anxiety, depression, alcohol, drugs and eating disorders. Also Mike King’s Gumboot Friday Funding is available temporarily for counselling, and we can recommend some great local counsellors you could use that funding for. GPs can also make referrals. Spread the word and lets get our young people help when they need it…

https://www.iamhope.org.nz/chooseacounsellor

Youth Alive Trust are running a fun OSCAR Activity Day for any children in Years 1 – 9 while schools are expected to be on Strike. We’re heading to Orana Park for the day (alternative activities if wet weather) and costs $35 each (8:30am – 3:30pm), plus extension to 6:00pm available if needed for an extra $12. Work & Income OSCAR subsidies available! Refund if strike is cancelled. Sign up at: https://yat.aimyplus.com – and choose the “Special Day” option.

There are still spaces this term for some of our weekly interest clubs. Kitchen Klub is every Monday from 3:30 – 5pm for school years 5-8, Girls Craft Club is Wednesdays 3:30pm – 5pm for school years 5 – 8, Basketball Coaching is Wednesdays 3:30pm – 4:30pm for school years 3 – 6 and RISE our singing and dancing group is Mondays 6pm – 7:30pm for school years 5 – 8. See our website for more details, or just turn up for a FREE first session!!

Youth Alive Trust has just received a donation of $5,000 towards their mentoring programme from an accounting firm with a difference. Social Currency is a new business that gives 10% of all their sales to programmes for at-risk kiwi kids. Clients can chose which programme they want to support when they engage in accounting, business advisory or social impact measurement/reporting.

Lisa Mead is their director, lives locally and is such an inspiration. Check out her story produced by Braveheart ChCh recently HERE.

Youth Alive Trust is celebrating its 30th Birthday this year and have recently employed a mentoring coordinator, to increase and formalise the mentor and mentee relationships and provide a deeper level of support. The donation from Social Currency has helped launch this programme, and we are now looking for other new funders or donors to support this initiative. Here’s one story of a mentor and mentee relationship that is making a difference…

Finn and Paddy have been meeting for about a year, and get together each week for chats; sometimes they go to the gym, sometimes they skate, sometimes do a community project and recently Finn has started helping Paddy with some of the children’s programmes he runs at Youth Alive Trust. Finn doesn’t have a Dad at home or any other male role models. He left mainstream school in Year 10 and now does a correspondence course. He freely admits that he looks to his mentor for guidance, “Paddy’s easy to talk to. He helps me to sort out the stuff that’s going around in my head. He’s one of the good guys”.

Paddy had some very tough experiences as a teenager himself, and that is one of the reasons he’s so passionate about supporting young people like Finn, “I was being hit at home, and I never had the courage to tell anyone. It’s difficult to see what’s happening in the head of a teenager, but I’m in a privileged role of walking alongside someone who I have built trust with, and talks to me in confidence. Now I get to watch Finn work with other boys and be a role model to them too – I love it”.

Even the Pegasus Post think our young people are so photogenic – they’ve dedicated a whole page to them! If you don’t get a free copy delivered to your door, grab one from Countdown New Brighton or read it online at:

Pegasus Post

All Clubs and Programmes are kicking off this week! Please re-register for the term by logging into your Aimyplus account (https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com) with your normal email and password, then choose the club for this Term OR for the whole year if you wish.  If you’ve not registered before, click “new parent”.  Payments for clubs can be made either at the office or online:

Bank account name: Youth Alive Trust

Account number: ANZ Bank 117892-0066444-00

Reference: Child Initial and Surname & Club/Programme

Reminder Boys & Girls Clubs are currently FULL as we have 100 registered (all those who came in Term 1 are still welcome back).

There are only a small number of places left for RISE, but there are plenty of spaces for CRAFT CLUB, Kitchen Klub, Basketball (Years 3 – 5), Rock Solid (Years 7 & 8) and SURGE (Years 9 – 13).

NEWSLETTER

Take 3 minutes to read our LATEST NEWSLETTER, with news and updates on various areas of YAT or pick up a paper copy from our offices.

Endorsements Needed

Youth Alive Trust are needing a few written endorsements that can be used in our ongoing funding applications.  We verbally hear great things all the time from parents and young people, but we’d love to share some of these comments with people who help fund our work through grants, contracts and individual donations.  Would you be willing to write us an email or letter about your experiences with YAT and also give us permission to share it with others?  (We can change your name and the name of your child if you’d like us to keep it anonymous).  Email: office@yat.org.nz

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Take 3 minutes to read our LATEST NEWSLETTER, with news and updates on various areas of YAT or pick up a paper copy from our offices.

YAT Autumn Newsletter 2019

Our Mana Ake recently got some high profile publicity in the local MP’s newsletter, that was delivered to every household in her constituency.  Check out the awesome work our team have been up to:

Father Son Camp – Teen Edition, is back again! On May 17-19 (starting Friday night with dinner) you and your teenage son/s can join us for a awesome weekend away. This year we are teaming up with 4YP & the Selwyn Parenting Network to run camp. Father Son camp is an awesome weekend away with plenty of activities, great food, ample time to just chat and relax and a few sessions to help build on your relationship. Head to http://www.youthalivetrust.org.nz/camps/tfsc/ for more information and to register. Places are limited so sign up now!

Is $ stopping you from getting a laptop/pc at home? Here’s your chance to get a new laptop for just $50!!
If you’re over 16 years old and have less than NCEA L2, then Computers in Homes Connect can help.
To qualify for the Connect programme, you must be prepared to have some fun, join a small class, learn lots, have less than NCEA L2 and have no personal device at home. We will take you on a journey of discovery with your new Chrome book at your side – yours to take home at the completion of the course. There is a $50 charge to participate.
If you, your friends, whanau or neighbours wish to take advantage of this amazing programme, and meet the above criteria, please send us message. Dates/times yet to be arranged.
*** NB You must meet the criteria outlined above.***
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