Youth In Transition is knitting a blanket! The Blanket will consist of one hundred squares of hand-knitted sections. Whoever uses it is sure to feel the love and warmth put into every stitch.

We enjoyed a fun quiz night in May, organised jointly by Rotary Orewa and Rotary Satellite Orewa-Millwater, which raised an amazing $2,200 for Youth in Transition.

The MTF Silverdale Get Moving Festival is back for another year. Why not start your 2020 of feeling fit and healthy, with run/walk options for all ages and fitness levels! The best part, each entry contributes towards helping youth in our community, as $1 from each entry will be donated to Youth In Transition!

The Hope shop opened on Saturday July 7 to a great and enthusiastic crowd in Manly Village. Positioned just across the road from Youth in Transition this pop up op shop is a community effort for its young people.

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.

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).

The team at Youth In Transition last night had a great time meeting and talking with Kerry Douglas-Wilkinson owner of Inner Harmony: Stress less – naturally. She gave a great presentation and discussion about neurochemistry and endocrinology (the brain, nervous and hormonal systems) and how stress and anxiety can affect these systems and thus affect our mental and physical health.

We are excited to announce our new Op Shop, opening in Manly Village on Saturday 6th July!

Empowered Connections For Action was an incredible evening! Cath Vincent and her energetic team at Studio 38 in Auckland generously hosted an evening of fellow business owners and leaders from the community, bringing them all together specifically to support Youth in Transition.

Many of our young people at Youth in Transition, however, experience life differently and do not have the same levels of resilience. An event like this can throw them into a highly anxious state. But with the support of the Youth in Transition team and the wider community, they can experience moments of hope – moments which are of huge significance to them.

Allison Mooney award-winning speaker and author speaker presented to a number of young people and adults on May 23 delivering her keynote address on Pressing the Right Buttons.

At one of our Wednesday night meetings, Wayne Neal visited the young adults and some of the parents attending and shared with us his exciting discoveries around the subject of heart math. Wayne has had a lifelong fascination for people and what drives behaviour, coupled with the belief that nothing works long term unless you put peoples’ needs first.

The Millwater Ladies’ Group generously provides Youth in Transition with essentials such as tissues, tea bags, biscuits and toilet paper every month.

In May, Youth in Transition partnered with Shared Vision to host a SafeTALK event. Presented by Caroline Wilson from A-OK, SafeTALK is one of a series of workshops developed by LivingWorks, internationally recognised for its work around suicide education and prevention.

Earlier this year, the Centre for Conscious Awareness New Zealand hosted a seminar with three guest speakers. Youth in Transition was connected to the event by Sanjay Kumarasingham , one of the Trust’s Board members.

During one of our Wednesday night support groups we were fortunate to have Natalie and Louise from Go To Girl Essential Wellness speak to us around the healing benefits of their essential oils range.

We have left Whangaparaoa but we were not going to leave our precious tree behind. The team at Orewa Framing Studio have done a awesome job of capturing and framing our tree.

We had such a great day today at event two of the MTF Silverdale Get Moving Festival !! A huge congratulations to everyone who took part in an event, whether it was an easy jog, a challenging run, or a walk and talk with friends and family, you all got moving and were absolutely amazing!

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.

We have been busy over the New Years period getting the new office spaces ready for 2019.