Round four projects - New Zealand Ministry of Youth Development

Round four projects

Sixteen projects, led by territorial authorities around New Zealand, received funding from the fourth funding round.

Auckland City Council - Lovelock Arts Programme
Lovelock Arts programme targets young people from a diverse range of communities in the Wesley region of Auckland. The programme will utilise young people’s interest in the creative and cultural arts. Young people from the area will come together to devise a programme of youth arts projects and events. In order to do this, the young people will form specific project teams that will plan, implement and evaluate their project.

Waitakere City Council - Youth Action 4 Change
Youth Action 4 Change will see a youth worker employed to work within the new youth facility in central Henderson to create a community information and support hub. This will be a space supported by the Waitakere youth services sector and managed by a youth development worker and young people within the wider youth facility. A core component of the role will be the establishment and oversight of the Youth Action 4 Change scholarship.

Kawerau District Council - Kawerau Community Project
The key objective of this project is to develop initiatives to support young people in the district. The Council will work with the Youth Council to establish a formal structure to engage young people in the area. Together they will develop and deliver activities in response to local need with a focus on developing capacity building, personal development, leadership and self esteem.

Rotorua District Council - E Oho - Awaken
E OHO is a partnership project between the Rotorua District Council, Te Waiariki Purea Trust and the young people of the Fordlands, Koutu and Western Heights communities. Three groups of young people will consult with their communities and create projects to meet identified needs. The young people will receive direct mentoring through weekly contact with the project mentor and monthly training workshops with relevant experts. The young people will attend six training weekends as a large group that will involve visiting other town and city facilities.

Taupo District Council - Flip Side 24/7
The project aims to provide a comprehensive youth programme, with supervised constructive activities developed by young people, which will promote learning, development, participation, interaction and teamwork.

Ruapehu District Council - The Making Connections, Building Strengths, Developing Skills (CBD) Taumarunui Project
The first element of the CBD Project is the continuation of the existing Youth Forum that will actively participate in the identification, planning and delivery of projects. The second part of the project is for the project partner, The Central King Country Youth Link Trust, to partner with, and support existing agencies in projects already identified and in an early stage at the moment. Lastly the project seeks to implement a stocktake of youth services and activities, a youth newspaper supplement, a Youth One Stop Shop and a Youth expo.

Napier City Council - Ka Hao Te Rangatahi
The Ka Hao te Rangatahi project is a kaupapa Maori based initiative. The target group is male Maori from Maraenui aged between 12 and 17 years. The programme commences with a noho marae followed by development of a career/job plan and weekly Mau Rakau training.

Horowhenua District Council - A Youth Voice in Horowhenua
The project aims to connect Horowhenua school leavers with education, training and job opportunities. Central to the project is the appointment of a Community Youth Development worker. As well as working with the young people in the area to improve access to relevant information around education, training and employment, the Community Youth Development Worker will also work with young people to ensure their participation in designing and sustaining a youth space in the new libraries to be built in Foxton and Levin.

Wanganui District Council - Underground Project
The Make It Take It project, also funded through the first and third rounds of the Youth Development Partnership Fund, seeks to place the development and delivery of projects and events designed to meet the needs of young people in Wanganui within the youth community. Wanganui District Council aims, through the project, to establish a training and employment framework to one aspect of Make It Take It; the Underground Fashion Show project, and establish the show as a sustainable event within the Wanganui youth community.

Upper Hutt City Council - Upper Hutt Talent Bank
The Upper Hutt Talent Bank aims to engage youth in entrepreneurship opportunities by providing guidance with constructive business ideas, promoting positive youth role models in the community and building relationships between young people and the business sector.

Porirua City Council - PCC After Hours Youth Support
The first part of the project is aimed at building the capacity of local youth providers and projects. The second part of the project is to enable the providers and their services to be focused on addressing gaps in youth services, particularly those that operate after hours.

Hutt City Council - Nga Ara Kete
The main focus of this project is to connect with young people to develop pathways to further education, training or employment. Emphasis will also be on leadership, participation in community decision making and developing positive role models for other young people in their community. The service will involve a team of four youth workers providing activities for young people creating a safer environment for young people in Hutt City.

Tasman District Council - Animals People and Rehabilative Training (A PART)
A PART is a ten week youth training and skills development course that focuses on learning empathy, non-violent behaviour, accountability and responsibility.

Kaikoura District Council - Youth Skills Kaikoura
The Youth Skills Kaikoura will allow people from differing backgrounds to come together and collaborate to create unique and innovative ideas. The project will run over three stages with results including, a CD of local music, a website and a series of performances. Group tuition and workshops will be run in instrument tuition, contemporary music writing, film/animation/web design, dance, drama, cooking, art/carving/sculpture/painting, sewing, weaving, photography, sound and lighting - areas identified by youth in a survey conducted in February 2008.

Hurunui District Council - HYP - Hurunui Youth Project
The Hurunui Youth Project is a set of tools which will be taken to communities of young people in the Hurunui district. The project will provide flexible, mobile, youth centred development programmes, sessions and entertainment for 12-18 year-olds.

Selwyn District Council - Destination Youth Rolleston
The project aims to connect the young people of Rolleston, many of whom are immigrants with few local connections, through the provision of dedicated youth staff who will work with Rolleston Primary School at lunchtimes, attend local networking meetings and develop a programme for a Friday night Youth Club.

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