Stage one of Aotearoa’s first purpose-built Youth Hub is one step closer to reality thanks to a $1 million donation from Christchurch-focused family philanthropic organisation, the Wayne Francis Charitable Trust. Stage one of Youth Hub Christchurch is under construction at 109 Salisbury Street in central Christchurch and aims to be a ‘one-stop shop’ that willRead more
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The stage one construction of Aotearoa’s first purpose-built Youth Hub has been significantly boosted with a $500,000 grant from the Rātā Foundation. Located on Salisbury Street in central Christchurch, the Hub will provide a ‘one-stop shop’ for rangatahi that includes health and mental health services, social services, counselling, and educational and employment support. Stage oneRead more
Early start at our Salisbury Street site this morning, with the concrete poured for our wrap-around services block! Once complete mid next year, the block will provide offices for a dozen youth service providers including Te Tahi Youth (formerly 298 Youth Health) and Youthline. Other organisations that have expressed interest in being based on siteRead more
Chair of the Youth Hub Trust Dame Sue Bagshaw was featured in various media articles about the launch of Te Tahi Youth (formerly 298 Youth Health). Sue founded the youth one-stop-shop model and is stepping back from day-to-day operations of Te Tahi Youth to focus on building Youth Hub Christchurch. She will instead take upRead more
A big thank you to the amazing bunch of students from the University of Canterbury who came to the site today to paint us a new mural! If you’re driving past 109 Salisbury Street, come check it out!Read more
Our summer e-newsletter is out now and packed with updates on our progress building the Youth Hub. Have a read at this link.Read more
If you’ve driven past 109 Salisbury Street recently, you would have noticed a hive of activity as construction work progresses on Stage One of the Youth Hub (supported housing wing and services block for youth organisations based on-site). Over the past couple of months, our main construction contractor Naylor Love and their subcontractors have beenRead more
Chair of the Youth Hub Trust Dame Sue Bagshaw penned an opinion piece for The Press on the importance of caring and creating communities to improve youth mental health and wellbeing. Take a read at this link.Read more
Our Winter 2022 newsletter includes updates across the design, construction and fundraising workstreams for Youth Hub Christchurch. You can read it by clicking this link.Read more
Chair of the Youth Hub Trust Dame Sue Bagshaw was interviewed by Stuff about construction starting on Youth Hub Christchurch. You can read the article by clicking this link.Read more
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