Youth Alive Trust

23/06/2026

Less than 2 weeks until our July Holiday Programmes kick off from 6th – 9th July. Our programmes are split as normal into the 3 age groups, with appropriate activities:

⚡Kea (School Years 1-3) – including Imagination Station, Antarctic Centre & Inflatable World.
⚡Pukeko (School Years 4-6) – including Ninja Valley, Moana Live, and Matariki Celebrations.
⚡Piwakawaka (School Years 6-9) – including He Puna Tai Moana, Cinema & Masterchef

Full info: www.yat.org.nz/holiday-programmes/holiday-programme-years-1-9/

17/06/2026

🎭✨ RISE Performing Arts Programme is back for Terms 3 & 4!
Do your rangatahi show interest in singing, acting, dancing, creating stories, or performing on stage? RISE is a place to build confidence, make friends, develop new skills, and be part of something creative and fun at our Amplify School of Music.

Throughout Term 3 and 4, students will be working together to create and rehearse a show while exploring singing, movement, acting, and stagecraft in a supportive environment.

📅 Mondays during term time
🎭 RISE Juniors (Years 4–6): 4:30pm–5:30pm
🎭 RISE Seniors (Years 7–9): 5:30pm–6:30pm
Enrolments for Terms 3 & 4 are now open. 🙌

Find out more at:

RISE RISE is our performing arts programme for school aged students in years 3 to 9. Students collaborate to create a stage show through singing, dancing, acting and script writing. Across term 3 and 4, we will create an entire show, and friends and whanau will be invited to come watch the final

17/06/2026

In the April school holidays Surge went for a trip to Alpine Ice to go ice skating! It was really cool.

15/06/2026

We're ON tonight! 4:30pm Teen Girls. 6:00pm Adults. First class FREE. Roy Stokes Hall, 150 Seaview Road. Come give it a try!

15/06/2026

Youth Alive Trust are sad to be losing the amazing David, who has humbly served at YAT for 8 years and Co-Managed it alongside James. He has brought so much professionalism, knowledge, kindness and structure to the trust, he’ll be hugely missed, but we send him with our blessings as he travels to the warmer vibrant urban hub nestled between two harbours called Auckland, where he’ll be working for another not-for-profit, and be closer to his family. We’d love to send David away with lots of words of affirmation from our community, so if you have a sentence or two, a poem or picture, please comment on this thread or email it to James as soon as possible: [email protected]

This leaves an amazing opportunity for someone new to take the helm at YAT and move it forward for the next generation. James will continue his role, overseeing Programmes, Marketing, Fundraising, Roy Stokes and Mana Ake, but he has decided to step down from his Co-Manager role, into a Programmes Lead role, allowing for a new overall Trust Manager to be appointed. This is a senior general management role with full accountability for the Trust's strategic direction, operations, people, finances, compliance, and external relationships. This is more than just another job – it’s a calling to serve God by serving our community and positively impacting the lives of young people and whānau across the east of Christchurch. Full job description on the Seek advert and for any other questions please email: [email protected]

https://nz.seek.com/job/92713061

10/06/2026

We had lots of fun at Surge in term 1! If you're high school, age come along on Mondays to join in for free! + Youth Drop-in from 4:30pm!

09/06/2026

"A calm, connected response helps tamariki feel safer, understood and more able to regulate" Real Parents

09/06/2026

Tomorrow night the GVY (Grace Vineyard Youth) Beach Team are putting on a FREE massive night for local rangatahi and their friends. Think inflatables, DJ, skate ramp, free burgers & waffles, giveaways, games, Photo Booth, wild games and an encouraging message from one of the leaders. If you've thought about checking our the church's youth group - then this is a great night for any high school aged teenager to come along from 7-9pm at Beach Campus. No sign up - just turn up! Any questions, flick Beth the Youth Pastor a message: [email protected]

07/06/2026

Mana Ake - Stronger for Tomorrow has marked eight years of supporting tamariki in Years 1–8 with their mental health and wellbeing.

Established in 2018 following the Canterbury and Kaikōura earthquakes, Mana Ake began as part of a Government commitment to support tamariki and has since been rolled out across regions of Aotearoa. In Canterbury, Youth Alive is one of 13 NGO providers delivering Mana Ake.

To mark the recent milestone, Mana Ake providers released a special publication sharing stories and feedback from tamariki, parents, whānau and schools who have been impacted by the programme.

One nine-year-old boy shared, “The anxiety is not me and I can choose not to listen to it. It does not control my brain.”

“We’re noticing better connection and less conflict,” shared one mother. “Both our boys are talking more with us now and are initiating more conversations too. I had no idea about emotions and the impact mine could have on the kids. I’ve learnt heaps and feel really excited about being a mum again.”

You can read the Mana Ake publication online at www.manaake.health.nz/about-us

05/06/2026

Just 31 days until our July Holiday Programmes kick off from 6th – 9th July. Our programmes are split as normal into the 3 age groups, with appropriate activities:

⚡Kea (School Years 1-3) – including Imagination Station, Antarctic Centre & Inflatable World.
⚡Pukeko (School Years 4-6) – including Ninja Valley, Moana Live, and Matariki Celebrations.
⚡Piwakawaka (School Years 6-9) – including He Puna Tai Moana, Cinema & Masterchef

Full info: www.yat.org.nz/holiday-programmes/holiday-programme-years-1-9/