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.

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.

What a wonderful journey it has been over the past year! When we first opened last July, we were a ‘pop up shop’, and never imagined that we would still be here 12 months later! We are so grateful for the support, enthusiasm and love shown by our Hope Shop community.

The recent Golf Fore Life fundraiser at Titirangi Golf club was one of our most successful fund-raising events yet!

We are extremely grateful for the commitment and dedication of our volunteers particularly in these hard times, who collectively give hundreds of hours each week to us in their various roles.

Thank you to our local branch of charity Love Soup. Thank you to founder Julie and her team who have delivered, with much love, much needed food parcels for our young people and their families.

You have been on our minds these past few weeks. We know that you will all have been focused on your own changing situations and getting used to a new way of living.

A chance for our supporters to join an exciting evening of music, art, dance and food, overlooking the harbour, whilst raising awareness of the success we are achieving in helping save young lives through our unique Journey back to Awesome Programme!

Thank you Pinc for the design and print of our fabulous new leaflets.

A big thank you to Michelle & Nigel at Tree Solutions for running such a successful fundraiser at the start of January.

We are delighted to announce the Golf ‘Fore’ Life Tournament which is being held at Titirangi Golf Club on Tuesday 10th March this year. The tournament aims to raise money for Youth In Transition, enabling us to take on a much needed additional counsellor.

The Get Moving Festival has once again chosen Youth In Transition as its charity partner, and we’d love some volunteers to help us make the most of this opportunity!

At the heart of what we do, as always, are our young people; and we celebrate their wins both big and small, standing by their sides.

Checkout and like Youth In Transitions excellent Facebook Page. This page is moderated by our wonderful Hannah Longley who keeps us up to date with general YIT news, mental health articles, self care memes and photos of her dog.

Last night at our final group of the year we had the absolute privilege to be joined by Ven. Khadro, who lives in Nepal, following the values and life lessons of Buddhism.

The Hibiscus Coast Community House has kindly raised $500 towards new brochures for Youth In Transition.

On Sunday 8th December, the Whangaparaoa Community Hub and Business Whangaparaoa put on a fun-filled event for the local community, with lots of free activities for the children, entertainment provided by local talent, plenty of market and food stalls, and representatives from many local organisations. Youth In Transition was delighted to be involved, selling raffle tickets and holding a pop-up Op Shop with the team from The Hope Shop.

The Get Moving Festival team has once again chosen Youth In Transition as their charitable partner for their 2020 running series and entries are now open. A donation from every entry will come to the charity, plus supporters of Youth In Transition can get a generous 20% discount on entries,

To Illuminate Church and Susan Cruickshank and team for their fundraising efforts! Thank you to the Manly residents!

As 2019 draws to an end, we’ve been looking back on what we’ve achieved over the last year and want to say a HUGE Thank You to all our volunteers and supporters.