Youth In Transition offices have relocated to Manly. We will be very sad to leave our beautiful house, which has been a sanctuary to many people over the last four years. However, we look into the new year with excitement, relocating to a bigger space meaning we have a great opportunity to expand, reaching more people within out community.

Youth In Transition is extremely fortunate to have had the professional services of Verum Digital to coordinate the design, development and recent launch of our new website.

Joe is a young man who has been on his own personal journey with Youth In Transition. It takes a village to raise and nurture a young person – regardless of upbringing and personal circumstances – and our tailored programme can help them to see their lives as worth living again.

Sadly, on the 25th September 2018, we lost our Chairman Nigel Rigg after his long battle against cancer. Nigel was so much more than our Chair – he was our beloved friend, tireless champion and humble benefactor.

Youth In Transition wants to say THANK YOU for your involvement in the Trust whether in the way of physical help, monetary support or simply showing an interest. Thank you for helping to make a tangible difference in young peoples lives.

A HUGE THANK YOU to our dedicated team headed by Phina and Caitlin, who organised this event, collected all the clothes and goods for sale, and ran the evening.

Youth in Transition had the privilege of meeting recently with police from the local Whangaparaoa branch. The aim of this meeting was to share experiences of our work relating to youth in our community, to see where we were already successfully working together, and to see what we would could be doing better.

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.

In mid June 2018, we were able to meet with the team from the Mental Health Inquiry. This was a powerful and exciting opportunity to share Youth In Transition’s philosophies and successes.

In a truly herculean effort, Youth In Transition swam 171 lengths of the Stanmore Bay leisure centre pool in one hour. Megan Butler and Mark Butler swam the majority of the lengths, while Clifford Jones, Hannah Longley and Grayson Nipper failed to avoid being lapped by school children in the adjacent lane. It was a fun day and a great fundraiser for Youth in Transition and Hibiscus Coast Youth Centre.

We were privileged to have Jimi Hunt as a guest speaker for us in June 2017. Jimi is known for ‘lilo-ing down the Waikato River to raise awareness of depression’, creating ‘the worlds biggest waterslide’ and for his inspiring charity called Live More Awesome. Jimi works tirelessly to inspire others who are struggling with their mental health, through innovative ideas such as his free mental health reset programmes and his general holistic, no bullsh*t approach to life and wellbeing.