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• Upcoming From Bellies, Babies to Tweens Market

  Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: market, families, children, young people
  From Bellies, Babies to Tween Market is for all families to buy and sell their pre-loved pregnancy and maternity wear, and babies, kids and tweens (up to 13yrs) items including clothing

• Pacific Mental Wealth and Suicide Prevention workshops

  Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in: Training With tags: mental health, wellbeing, pacific health, workshop, prevention, young people, suicide, intervention
  Moana Vā are honoured to host two powerful FREE workshops in August with their friends at Le Va. These workshops are designed to uplift our collective wellbeing and strengthen our ability to care for each other

• Understanding School Avoidance and how to re-engage young people

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Training With tags: children, young people, education, families, workshop, wellbeing, parenting
  Explore the complex reasons behind school avoidance in this workshop from the Mental Health Education and Resource Centre (MHERC)

• FREE Positive Youth Development Aotearoa workshop for volunteers

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Training With tags: volunteers, workshop, young people, support, Community Groups, services
  Join this FREE interactive three-hour workshop designed specifically for volunteers who work with young people

• FREE parenting workshop: Supporting neurodivergent teens

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: diversity, young people, parenting, workshop, mental wellbeing, families
  Parenting can be really tough - but raising neurodivergent kids comes with extra challenges and requires a different kind of parenting to create a calm home

• Come to INVOLVE: National conference for youth health and development

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Conferences With tags: symposium, conferences, young people, youth, development
  Come along to the biggest event in the youth sector’s calendar - being held this year in Ōtautahi Christchurch! INVOLVE acts as a meeting place for the entire sector - anyone who works with or for young people - to gather, share and learn

• Come along to the Tamariki Book Festival 2025

  Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, young people, reading, creativity, festival
  The Tamariki Book Festival connects kids aged 3 to 17 with local authors and illustrators in a fun, festival environment. This year's Tamariki Book Festival theme is "Books Take Flight"

• Get amongst the fun at KidsFest

  Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, young people, activities, School Holidays
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd June 2025 These winter school holidays, kids can get stuck into sport, performing arts, history, crafts, art making and technology as part of KidsFest

• Spinning a yarn and crafting connection

  Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: crafts, winter, children, families, charity, young people
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 21st May 2025 Library craft groups have been busy on the needles, knitting and crocheting to keep Christchurch families warm this winter

• Be a PJ Hero: Donate pyjamas to Christchurch Hospital

  Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, health, young people, campaign, donations, winter
  Help keep Christchurch kids cosy this winter! Cooler nights are here and pyjamas are needed to keep the amazing tamariki (children) at Christchurch Hospital warm and snuggly this winter

• Laptops urgently needed by Recycle A Device

  Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, young people, support, services
  The new school year is here, and the demand for laptops for rangatahi is skyrocketing! Can you help? Recycle A Device (RAD) had requests for over 1000 laptops in the first week of Term 1 2024 for rangatahi eager to learn, connect, and grow

• Championing youth voices in the Waimakariri District

  Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community Groups, youth empowerment, young people
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 2nd September 2024 Two fantastic groups looking out for the interests of young people in the Waimakariri District are WaiYouth and the Waimakakriri Youth Council

• Inclusive Performing Arts Program from the Glass Ceiling Arts Collective

  Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in: Training With tags: disabilities, arts, Courses, young people
  Join an inclusive performing arts programme, where everyone is welcome to explore their passion for the arts in a supportive and inclusive environment

• Are you ready to be the next Super Mayor?

  Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: technology, youth, young people, community engagement
  Selwyn District Council media release: 27th February 2024 Super Mayor is now available to demo on gaming platform, Steam

• Co-ordinated action required to meet young people’s mental health needs

  Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, young people, youth, mental health, mental wellbeing, services
  A more youth-focused, integrated, and coherent system of care is required to meet young people's mental health needs, says the Auditor-General in a new report

• Eligible young people encouraged to have free meningococcal vaccines

  Posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: vaccination, immunisation, young people
  Te Whatu Ora media release: 23rd January 2024 Te Whatu Ora health specialists are encouraging young people aged 13 to 25 who are living in or about to move into close living situations, to make sure they’re immunised against meningococcal disease during

• Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, research, mental health, young people, services, support
   Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media release: 17th May 2023 Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop

• Documentary - The Inbetweeners, it is okay to be in both worlds

  Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, CALD, cultural diversity
  Asian Family Services (AFS) has recently launched the "Inbetweener" documentary. Funded by the Ministry of Ethnic Communities' Community Development Fund, the documentary is a collaboration between AFS and six outstanding individuals of 1

• New drop-in centre for LGBTQIA+ youth

  Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: young people, youth, support
  Te Ora Hou is operating a drop-in style space for anyone who is Takatāpui, MVPFAFF, LGBTQIA+ or is an ally. This space will operate once a week during term time and was co-designed with a couple of our rangatahi. Neurodiversity welcomed

• Don't Get Sucked In: New youth vaping campaign

  Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: campaign, smokefree, vaping, young people, youth
  The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) launched a new education campaign in February 2020. It aims to educate young people about the adverse health effects of e-cigarettes and vaping

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