Youth Alive Trust has been running a weekly Rock Solid club for over 20 years for local intermediates. We will do in-house events, as well as some outings, so get ready for some wild, zany, funky times that will ROCK your world!
Latest Updates
4 Oct 2024
Term 4 Brochures are now LIVE. We have a sweet term planned with some awesome activities including Crazy Games, a Teddy Bears Picnic and a swimming trip.
Full info our Term 4 Brochure HERE
There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
PLUS a note for Parents:
Lots of opportunities for Parenting Courses coming up in Term 4, including one for parents of intermediates and teens here in New Brighton at YAT on Monday evenings. The course is FREE and has amazing reviews from those who’ve attended. Check out all the options for Tuning into Kids at: https://manaake.health.nz/tuning-in-to-kids/
20 Aug 2024
Launch Pad Trip: Friday 23rd August
We have a special evening coming up this Friday as we are head to Launch Pad, Trampoline Park in Papanui! Meet at Youth Alive Trust as normal at 4:00pm. We will be going together in the vans, leaving YAT at 4:15pm at the latest so please don’t be late! We’ll be back at YAT finishing at the later time of 6:30pm.
Grip socks are mandatory at Launch Pad. Please bring some with you otherwise they are $2.
If you’ve paid the $50 term fee, there is no extra cost for the night. If not, the evening is $15. That can be paid by cash or eftpos on the night or directly into our bank account.
Reminder Rock Solid is just $50 for a full term, or $5 per night, to help cover activity costs and our termly trip (extra if not paid the full term). If you’ve still not paid for Term 3, payments can be made directly into the Youth Alive Trust bank account:
Bank: ANZ
Account: 117892-0066444-00
If money is an issue, please chat to us, or flick us an email at: accounts@yat.org.nz and we’ll find a way to make it work.
We attach the Term 3 Rock Solid Flyer again for your information, including other upcoming nights such as a Community Project, Sports at Rawhiti Canopy plus…
Whānau Quiz Night: Friday 13th Sept
Parents, Caregivers, Siblings, all welcome to this one-off Whānau Night, where you’ll get a taster of what happens at Rock Solid. There will be a variety of rounds, some more interactive than others. There will also be drinks and nibbles for everyone, and there is no cost to bring whānau. You can be with your whānau or against them – that’s up to you. It’s also a good chance to meet leaders and ask us any questions you may have. If whānau aren’t able to come on the night, it doesn’t matter, come as normal and we’ll help make the teams.
5 Jul 2024
Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers,
We hope you’ve been hearing some good stories about what we’ve been doing at Rock Solid this term. We’ve had some fun nights!
Tonight is the final club of the term and we’re doing Pancake Art – so there will be food to make and eat!
We’ve uploaded some photos from the year so far onto our facebook for you to check out: PHOTOs
A reminder that you can Book Term 3 online now. You can actually book Term 4 too if keen, as can anyone else: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
Attached is the Term 3 Brochure, with the weekly plan, which can also be found on our website under the Rock Solid Programme.
There is NO Rock Solid in Week 1 of Term 3, nor are there any other weekly youth clubs at YAT, as we take a mid-year break for leader training and meetings.
Reminder Rock Solid is just $50 for a full term, or $5 per night, to help cover activity costs and our termly trip (extra if not paid the full term). If you’ve still not paid for Term 2, payments can be made directly into the Youth Alive Trust bank account:
Bank: ANZ
Account: 117892-0066444-00
If money is an issue, please chat to us, or flick us an email at: accounts@yat.org.nz and we’ll find a way to make it work.
Parent Feedback
We’re always keen to hear feedback, ideas and encouragements from Parents of young people who attend our programmes. Here’s the short survey link if you have a few minutes spare: https://forms.office.com/r/BShryLi0ty
Any questions or comments, just reply to this email, or email Emma direct at: emma.anderton@yat.org.nz
Nga Mahi
Emma, Henry & The YAT Team
8 May 2024
Rock Solid is back for another awesome term! Emma, Henry, James and the team have some super fun activities planned! Some of those great activities we will be doing are One-of-a-kind Creations & Kahoot Master!
Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.
Sign up with your usual email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com or,
If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.
Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz
23 Apr 2024
Term 2 Brochures are now LIVE. We have a sweet term planned with some awesome activities. Full info by clicking ‘Download our latest brochure’.
There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
5 Mar 2024
We have had an amazing last 2 weeks at Rock Solid. Have you seen the incredible work our young people achieved last week for our New Brighton Kaitiakitanga at Rāwhiti Domain? If you haven’t check it out HERE!
We have a special night coming up for our outing on Friday 15th of March, we are heading to Clip and Climb! Meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 4:00pm. We will be going altogether in the vans, leaving YAT around 4:15pm so please don’t be late! We’ll be back at YAT finishing at a later time of 6:30pm.
We only have a limited number of spots, so either put down your name on the list this coming Friday night or if you’re unable to make it this Friday, then reply to this email and let us know your child will be coming to Clip & Climb.
If you’ve paid the $50 term fee, there is no extra cost for the night.
If you pay the $5 each week, then the cost is $15.
Payments can be made via eftpos or online at:
Youth Alive Trust
11-7892-0066444-00
RS & Child’s name
5 Feb 2024
Rock Solid is back in 2024 and we have an awesome term planned with our same awesome leaders. Some activities we have planned are New Brighton Kaitiakitanga and Fear Factor!
Starting back on 23 February 2024!
Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.
This year we have increased the terms fees for Rock Solid to $50pp (including outings).
There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.
Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz
2 Nov 2023
We have a special night coming up on the 10th November for Rock Solid as we are heading to Laser strike! Meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 4:00pm. We will be going altogether in the vans, leaving YAT at 4:30pm at the latest so please don’t be late! We’ll be back at YAT finishing at the later then normal time of 6:30pm.
If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, there is no extra cost for the night. If not, the evening is $15. Please email us before the 8th November if your Rangatahi is planning on attending as we only have 36 spots available. There will also be a sign up sheet available this Friday.
Reminder you can view photos of what happens at Rock Solid and our other programmes
on our Facebook page
If you have any questions, please email Emma at emma.anderton@yat.org.nz
3 Oct 2023
*IMPORTANT* ROCK SOLID WILL NOW BE STARTING AT 4PM AND WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL 6PM! We will be trialling these earlier timings for term 4 of 2023 and depending on how things go, they might stay this way.
Rock Solid will be back in the 1st week of Term 4 with Pizza Night! We’ll be making pizza!
We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including going mini-golfing & capture the flag!
Click on ‘download our latest brochure‘ to see the full term plan.
The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or Eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.
NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name
Even if you registered for Term 1, 2 or 3, you’ll still need to register for Term 4 using your same email address and password at:
Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz
If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.
Ngā Mihi
Emma, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team
12 Sep 2023
Kia ora Parents/Caregivers,
We have a special night coming up this Friday (15th September) for Rock Solid as we are heading Ice Skating! It’s both a late start and a late finish, meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 7:00pm and then we’ll be back at YAT just before 10:00pm. We’ll be joining the The Alpine Ice normal Friday night session which runs from 7:30 – 9:30pm. If you would rather drop them there or pick them up there directly, please let us know.
We won’t be taking any new registrations this Friday, as we will be limited by transport, but friends would be welcome to just go to the public session (but not be under our guardianship).
If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, then there’s no extra cost for the night.
If you’ve not paid the full term fee, then the cost of the evening is $15 which can be paid on the night with cash, eftpos, or online:
NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name
We would also like to introduce the new coordinator of Rock Solid, Emma Anderton. Whoop whoop! She has covering Melissa’s maternity leave, running clubs, programmes, events and in-school support. Emma has a passion for the outdoors, sport, theatre and is a trained school teacher. Please come and say hello at drop off or pick up!
Registrations are already open for Term 4, at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com although our Term plan hasn’t been finalised yet.
Reminder you can view photos of what’s been happening recently at Rock Solid on our Facebook Page or see information about all our programmes on our website www.yat.org.nz, including a new Singout workshop in the next school holidays for ages 11-15.
If you have any questions, please email James at james.ridpath@yat.org.nz
Ngā Mihi
The Rock Solid Team
26 Jun 2023
Rock Solid will be back in the 2nd week of Term 3 with Waffles! We’ll be making waffles!
We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including going ice skating & capture the flag!
Click on the Brochure to see the full term plan.
The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or Eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.
NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name
Even if you registered for Term 1 or 2, you’ll still need to register for Term 3 using your same email address and password at:
Check out the best of Rock Solid’s Term 2 photo’s at THIS HYPERLINK
If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.
Ngā Mihi
Melissa, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team
1 May 2023
This Friday Night for intermediates, in partmership with CDN Trust. Register for Rock Solid for $40 for the whole term or $10 for the night at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
27 Apr 2023
Rock Solid is back in Term 2 starting tomorrow with the Ultimate Hot Chip Challenge! We’ll be out on the streets testing the various local hot chip options to decide who really does the best hot chip in Brighton! (you may want to consider what, if any, dinner you’ll need afterwards or before!)
Week 2 we have our annual Big Night Out at Move X! Meet at YAT as normal and at the normal 4:30pm start, and we’ll travel together in vans. The night ends with free Pizza, before returning back to YAT at a later time of 7:00pm. If you need collecting before that or dropping off late, just reply to this email letting us know. Cost $10 per person, unless you’ve paid the term fee.
We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including a Dance Party in Youth Week & our popular Toastie Master Chef challenge!
Click on the Brochure to see the full term plan.
The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.
NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name
Even if you registered for Term 1, you’ll still need to register for Term 2 using your same email address and password at:
Check out the best of Rock Solid’s Term 1 photo’s at THIS HYPERLINK
If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.
Ngā Mihi
Melissa, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team
1 Feb 2023
Rock Solid is back in 2023 and we have an awesome term planned with our same awesome leaders.
Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.
There are limited spaces, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.
Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz
8 Aug 2022
7 Jul 2022
Bookings for Rock Solid in Term 3 2022 are now live! Melissa and her team have some awesome activities planned such as Big Night Out & Get Crafty. The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $40 for the term includes all activity costs and a trip. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high. If you have any questions for the coordinator, contact Melissa at: melissa.entwistle@yat.org.nz.
Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as! Any questions about the sign-up process or paying fees, contact: rego@yat.org.nz
20 May 2022
We have a special night coming up on 10th June for Rock Solid as we are heading Ice Skating! It’s both a late start and a late finish, meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 7:00pm and then we’ll be back at YAT just before 10pm. We’ll be joining their normal Friday night session which runs from 7:30–9:30pm, so if you need to drop off or pick up outside of our times, please let us know.
Also our free 3 day Intermediates Breakaway programme is coming up from 18th – 20th July. Bookings will be live on our aimyplus database from 8th June, so mark it in your diaries.If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, then there’s no extra cost for the night. If not, the evening is $10 (we are subsidising it for you). You need to have written down your name on our list the week before or emailed us before the night, so we can plan transport and a make a booking.
Reminder you can view photos of what happens at Rock Solid and our other programmes on our facebook page.
If you have any questions please email Melissa at melissa.entwistle@yat.org.nz
2 May 2022
Term 2 bookings and term brochure is now LIVE! Check it out by clicking on ‘Brochure’. We’ve got some sweet nights planned such as Pop Star Night, Where’s Wally and a trip to Ice Skating! No vaccine passes required for anyone now, so pop along to give it a try or sign up for the whole term via Aimyplus.
4 Feb 2022
We’re excited to be starting a new year at Rock Solid! Melissa, Jayden and their team have some awesome activities planned including an Ice Cream Challenge, Waffle Madness, Park Wars and a trip to Move X. The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $40 for the term includes all activity costs and the trip to Move X. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.
Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as!
*All young people aged over 12 (+3 months), plus volunteers and staff must have a vaccine pass to attend this programme.
Any questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz
18 Oct 2021
We’re back and starting Week 1 this term (we normally start Week 2 of Term, because of two weeks of holiday programmes, but Term 4 we start WEEK 1, as we all had a week’s break last week, plus Term 4 is a shorter term with a number of public holidays).
We have a heaps of cool activities planned this term, so click on ‘Download our Latest Brochure’ to check out the plan. Either register for the term via https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com OR pop along for the night to check it out first, and decide if you want to come back! Any registration issues, email: rego@yat.org.nz