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We recently took part in Hagley College’s Health Expo. It was great to spread the word about the Youth Hub and we’re stoked that so many of Hagley’s students also wanted to volunteer to help us too!Read more

Stuff has covered our news that agreement has been reached with neighbours for the Youth Hub to go ahead at our Salisbury Street site. You can read the full story here.  Read more

An agreement has been reached between Christchurch’s Youth Hub Trust, local community group the Victoria Neighbourhood Association (VNA) and the Christchurch City Council– allowing development to proceed on New Zealand’s first, purpose-built, ‘one-stop-shop’ for youth health and well-being. “We are absolutely thrilled with this wonderful news” says Youth Hub Trust Chair Dame Sue Bagshaw. “ThisRead more

Over the weekend our volunteers ran an art display by Canterbury artists at Riccarton Mall and handed out more than 1000 fliers spreading the word about the Youth Hub. A big thanks to our volunteers and a special thanks to Garden City Rotary for providing our pull up banners!Read more

At the end of the month the Christchurch City Council supported by the Youth Hub Trust will be entering mediation with the Victoria Neighbourhood Association to see if we can come to an agreement on their appeal of our Resource Consent. Thank you all for your ongoing support and patience as we work through this process.Read more

Our journey since the Christchurch earthquakes to build the Youth Hub were featured in TVNZ’s documentary ‘When a City Rises.’ You can watch it on demand here.Read more

This Christmas, give a gift that will make a difference to the lives of Christchurch’s young people – help us build the Youth Hub! We’re pleased to have a new Givealittle page up and running to help make it easier for people to donate to us. Check it out here.    Read more

Thanks TVNZ One News for covering our resource consent. Watch the story here.Read more

Oliver Latimer is taking a closer interest in plans for Christchurch’s exciting Youth Hub than most – he helped design it. The 26-year-old knows what a brilliant concept it will be for at-risk youth in the city, especially those dealing with mental illness – he freely admits he was once among their number. He firstRead more

The dream to build New Zealand’s first purpose-built ‘one-stop-shop’ for youth health and wellbeing has moved a major step closer to reality today, with the project approved for Resource Consent. “We are absolutely thrilled with this wonderful news” says Youth Hub Trust Chair Dame Sue Bagshaw. “This is the green light we’ve been hoping andRead more