The Hibiscus Coast Community House has kindly raised $500 towards new brochures for Youth In Transition. These Brochures will help young people, parents, benefactors and everyone else understand what YIT is all about. And all the info on how the Journey Back to Awesome Programme is helping young people create lives worth living . We […]
Thanks to the amazing support and generous grant from The Lion Foundation, all of our counselling team and young people will be warm at the Youth in Transition premises very soon. Our rooms and offices are used for youth group meetings, counselling, and seminars, in addition to daily administration work and meetings for our whole […]
This year’s Swimarathon was a great fundraising success, over twenty thousand dollars was raised by the community. Youth In Transition received a generous donation check of one thousand dollars. Many extra awards were given out but the stand out for me was the swim team Happy Feet. Their team raised over two thousand dollars all […]
Our grateful thanks to Matt Burden and the team at the leisure centre who have been extremely generous to Youth in Transition donating gym memberships for our young people. As part of developing and building healthy thinking, living and lifestyles we are committed to helping the young people on the coast to be fit and well. We […]
Inner Wheel New Zealand is a part of International Inner Wheel, one of the world’s largest women’s voluntary service organisations with over 100,000 members in approximately 4000 clubs in over 100 countries worldwide with Representatives in the United Nations. At their July meeting the kind ladies of the Orewa/ Whangaparoa branch meeting donated $500 to Youth in Transition which was gratefully received by Brigitte […]
In another herculean effort, Youth In Transition swimmers once again failed to avoid being lapped by the adjacent children’s team of swimmers. However, with the help of our sideline cheerleaders none of the team drowned and we managed to exceed expectations and complete 115 laps (almost 900 meters per swimmer). Thanks to Hannah Longley (for […]
We are feeling so blessed! This week we had the pleasure of one of New Zealand’s master storytellers and artists Stu Duval visit our office to paint this amazing mural. It is proving to be very therapeutic for our visitors, demonstrating that when faced with a brick wall there are blue skies ahead. Thanks Stu […]
We have been busy over the New Years period getting the new office spaces ready for 2019. Matt Anderson-Smith Grayson Nipper and Michael Leatheart have been busy to add an extra counselling room and replace doors and walls to soundproof the existing rooms. We also have a hoard of helpers who have donated their time […]
A Big Thank You to the Millwater Ladies Group for providing much need supplies to Youth In Transition. Along with the consumable daily items, such as tissues, tea, coffee, cookies, soup etc., they kindly provided a bag of new clothes to give to our young people. Your care is heart-warming and appreciated.