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Youthline did us proud for PRIDE!

Youthline joined thousands of revelers to celebrate Pride at the Auckland Pride Parade on February 21st.

Youthline Pride Creative Director, Dayna Cooper, also known as the Youthline Support Centre Team Leader, said Youthline thoroughly enjoyed tackling the Gods and Monsters theme this year.

"We actively support the Rainbow Community in Aotearoa in our work and through partnerships - young people, friends and families. It feels so good to celebrate with the community."

The Pride festival organiser had a space at the Youthline Auckland Central Centre in the lead up to the parade, and the Centre was also home to the 45+ floats which made their way down Ponsonby Road. While everyone was getting ready for the parade to begin we had a sausage sizzle for participants and passers-by.

Youthline received really positive feedback about our participation in the parade, which is awesome. Onlookers enjoyed our cool float, which consisted of angels and devils to represent the way inner demons can create turmoil for the young people that we work alongside. There was heaps of cheering from the crowd on the night, as well as lots of congratulations from supporters following the event.

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Street Appeal

Youthline is on the hunt for a bunch of awesome volunteers to collect for us during this year’s Annual Street Appeal on the 22nd and 23rd of May. We’re looking for volunteers to collect for us at locations all around Auckland.

If you’d like more information, please email events@youthline.co.nz - thanks!

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United Nations recognises Sovereign NZ CEO

It is an incredibly proud day for everyone at Sovereign as their CEO Symon Brewis-Weston has been recognised by the United Nations for his progressive approach to workplace diversity and community engagement. He received his award in New York this morning.

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Youth participation key to good decision making

Youth development organisation Youthline says it is a priority for communities to facilitate meaningful youth participation.

This was one of the driving forces behind a meeting of Youthline’s National Youth Advisory Group, recently renamed the National Youth Collective, (NYC) late last month. A Youth Advisory Group (YAG) is a group of young people who are supported with good training and equipped to provide input and undertake tasks, or who lead projects and campaigns for organisations, services, or initiatives related to youth. It is about giving young people an opportunity to participate meaningfully in things that affect them and helping organisations and services to get it right when working with youth.

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#HappyNZ

We're Making It More Legit - Join the Core Team!
Become a HappyNZ Samurai!
With a team we believe we can grow this campaign and movement to a whole new level - creating/hosting events, spreading and reminding people to smile with the hashtag ‪#‎HappyNZ‬!
We'll meet once every 2 weeks (online/offline) - where we can talk about your ideas and put them to action! Come onboard and volunteer with us!

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Community Development Conference

The Community Development Conference is coming up on 18 - 20 February. This conference is bringing together practitioners, academics and students to share their knowledge, research and stories about community development. Volunteering is a key component of community development and we hope to see developments in this discussed at the conference. We are very excited to be working alongside Unitec Department of Social Practice to offer this opportunity!

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Gods and Monsters Pride Parade 2015

Youthline is taking to the streets on Feb 21 to celebrate the Pride Parade.
If you're interested in volunteering with us on the day please get in touch at donate@youthline.co.nz

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Sovereign Christmas Appeal helps homeless youth

Youthline was overwhelmed to be the recipient organisation of Sovereign's staff Christmas Appeal. We received hundreds of generously donated personal care items to support the many homeless young people that come into our Auckland Centres every week.

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Understanding and Working with Men and Male Youth

A Youthline seminar series event:

Our culture calls on men to be strong – providers, protectors and achievers. Yet at the same time men are now also expected to be loving and emotionally available to their families and partners.

• What are the main issues for men?
• How are these any different to those of women?
• What do males need when reaching out for help?
• How do we counsel men?
• Who are Essentially Men and how can you use them as a resource?

Facilitator: Mark Bradman from Essentially Men

Mark Bradman is the Programme and Marketing Coordinator for Essentially Men Education Trust. He first started working with men over 10 years ago after he experienced his own personal crisis as a man, father and partner. He has also worked as a volunteer:

• Telephone Counsellor for Mensline (previously part of Lifeline)
• Living Without Violence Facilitator with Man Alive
• Service Team Coordinator for Essentially Men / Men Being Real weekend course.

Day: Thursday, 2nd October
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Youthline Auckland Central – 13 Maidstone Street, Ponsonby. Pohutakawa Room – bottom floor (Entry is from the street)

Admission is on Koha / gold coin donation basis.

Please register your attendance prior to the seminar by phoning 09 361 4168 or email supportcentre@youthline.co.nz.

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GGD AKL

Auckland Girl Geek Dinner

15 October 2014

Join us to hear speakers Victoria Crone (Xero), Jodi Mitchell (Simpl Group), Katrina Clokie (Assurity) and Kelly Ann McKercher (OptimalExperience).

Proudly sponsored by Microsoft and Catalyst.

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Manawa Ora

Manawa Ora Stories from the Street. 12 South Aucklanders perform in collaboration with cutting edge New Zealand talent including Ladi6, Chip Matthews (Opensouls and Eru Dangerspiel), and Oscar Kightley.

15 -18 October, 7pm
Live at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre.
Tickets* $15 - $20
Ticketmaster.co.nz | 09 970 9700

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Tangaroa College Slam Team

Check out the team repping Tangaroa College at the FIRST inter-high school spoken word poetry slam on Saturday July 26th. Word - The Front Line.Tickets on sale now from Ticket Direct.

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Word - The Front Line

An inter-high school Spoken Word poetry competition, bringing together teams of young people from across Auckland, New Zealand.

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NetHui Auckland

Youthline will be at the NetHui Auckland Youth Forum on July 9th. The whole conference looks incredible though. The Youth Forum topics are:

Session One (60 mins): The Big Picture
Net Neutrality & the open web
Politics/Voting/Citizenship

Session Two (90 mins):
Topic Two: The internet as entertainment
Content/Media/Copyright

Topic Three: life online
Health and Accessibility
Digital Divide
Safety

Session Three (90 mins):
Topic Four: The future
IT as a life-changer – what are we going to be/do/achieve with IT
Digital Workers of the Future (education)

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ID Dance Crew @ Worship Experience II in Auckland

Fresh off their Northland LIVEUNDEFEATED hip hop tour, ID Dance Crew are ready to tear up the stage at Worship Experience II in Auckland on July 5th. Check out the event featuring Grammy award winner Lecrae:

http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2014/jul/worship-experience-ii.

Check out the UNDEFEATED project here: http://www.undefeated.co.nz/

These world class artists are spreading a message of hope through performance art, and reminding us all its okay to lean on mates when things get tough.

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