Youth In Transition is delighted to announce its 2021 Fundraising Golf Tournament, which will take place in October this year, on the world-class golf course at Gulf Harbour Country Club on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. More details, including how to register, will be sent in the coming weeks, but please save the date in your diary and look forward to a […]
Youth in Transition were absolutely thrilled to receive this wonderful donation raised from the Oceanbridge Annual Charity Golf Day last week. It was an overwhelming gift for us to receive and which will be put towards tangible benefits reaching our 300+ young people currently experiencing our services. Mr Bill Speedy and his wife Lindsay from Oceanbridge […]
The Youth In Transition crew along with some extras recently joined for a learning experience in the Coromandel at the beautiful Mahamudra centre. The stress and worries of Auckland felt a long way away and the friendly volunteers made for a beautiful weekend. Ven. Khadro’s guided us through a condensed version of bhuddist philopsophy. The […]
We are delighted to announce that our Director Tina Jones was nominated by the Waitemata DHB and has been awarded for her outstanding contribution to suicide prevention in our community Tina is a recipient for the 2020 LifeKeepers National Suicide Prevention Awards. In the video you will hear her share more with us about her […]
We are thrilled to share the news that our Director and Co-Founder, Tina Jones, is a recipient of the 2020 National Lifekeepers Awards for outstanding suicide prevention work in the community. The LifeKeepers Awards are designed to recognise the often heroic but unacknowledged commitment of individuals like Tina, who persevere with efforts and work which make a […]
We are very excited to let you know that we are now close to the launch of our new youth mentoring programme – Coast Mentoring! Coast Mentoring will connect young Coasties with an adult Coastie mentor – we are all about “Coasties mentoring Coasties.” This programme is a collaborative project between CYC and Youth in Transition who recognised the need for the […]
Before lockdown, we had plans to add a new counselling room, and with the huge increase in referrals this became top priority once contractors were allowed back into the building. We are thrilled with the result and we are indebted to everyone who contributed time and materials to make this happen: in particular we’d like to say a huge Thank […]
We have some very talented young artists in the group who were keen to personalise and create art work for YIT. It was the groups decision to paint art pieces that would create, not only a calming visual effect in this space, but, encourage discussion and inspiration in therapy sessions. These will soon be featured […]
Jess Dyson was our guest speaker in July. Jess holds a Bachelor of Social Work and is currently completing a post graduate study in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. She has completed specialised training in a number of Eating Disorder treatments and trainings around body image. There were lots of questions from the 16 participants […]
One of our trustees Merv Huxford completed a sterling bike ride recently which proved to be a significant fundraiser for Youth in Transition. Our local Op shop in Manly, The Hope Shop is continuing to be a huge success. Since it’s opening on 6th July 2019, we have raised over $25,000, which is awesome. On […]