Youth Hub facilities
Location
The Youth Hub is located at 109 Salisbury Street in the heart of central Christchurch. The Youth Hub is walking distance to Tūranga (central library), the Margaret Mahy playground, the Bus Exchange and Parakiore Recreation and Sports Centre.
Youth services building
Our wrap-around youth services building houses a range of youth service providers offering medical and mental health services, social services, counselling, educational and employment support.
You can find out more about the youth service providers onsite by clicking this link.
Supported housing
A key feature of the Youth Hub is its supported housing facilities. You can learn more about the housing by clicking this link.
Christchurch Methodist Mission manages the housing services for Youth Hub Christchurch, providing transitional housing for rangatahi at risk of homelessness in a purpose-built supported housing wing containing 22 single-bedroom units, including two fully accessible units.
Each unit has its own study space and ensuite bathroom. Tenants share kitchen, dining, laundry and living spaces and all units will be connected to an outdoor living courtyard and a rooftop terrace.
This service is for young people aged between 16 to 24 years who are in need of immediate housing.
The housing is staffed 24/7 and each rangatahi has a Youth Development Coach to help them reach their goals and develop skills in living independently. Rangatahi need to be working towards engaging in education, training, employment or volunteering.
For more information about our Youth Hub housing services, contact Youth Hub Housing Manager Rachel Taege via email at rachel.taege@mmsi.org.nz or phone 027 247 2600.
Outdoor activities courtyard
Our outdoor activities courtyard is open 11am-7pm daily and includes a half court basketball court which can be used for other recreational activities including volleyball, badminton, spikeball, dodgeball, football, and pickleball. It's a great place to socialise and make friends, so pop on down and check it out.
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Stage One
The first stage of the Youth Hub opened in last 2024 and includes an outdoor activities courtyard, a wrap-around youth services block and a supported housing wing with 22 single bedroom hostel-style units for young people at risk of homelessness.
Key funders for Stage One include:
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Christchurch Rotary Clubs.
Stage Two
Stage Two is an Events and Activities Centre made possible thanks to our major sponsors the Christchurch City Council, the Rātā Foundation, the Maurice Carter Charitable Trust, and the J I Urquhart Family Trust.
The Centre is 128m2 of flexible use events space, with capacity for up to 200 people.
The Centre will provides a low-cost central city venue specifically for our city’s rangatahi (young people) to express themselves and take part in activities including music, dance, drama and fashion shows.
The space can also be used as a large meeting space for youth and the organisations supporting them.
Construction of the Centre got underway in mid 2025 and is expected to be open in May 2026.
Youth apartments
We have concept designs completed to build a new wing of ten 1.5 bedroom apartments along Gracefield Ave. These homes will support young people, including those who are parents with a child in the first year of life, who can benefit from the wraparound youth services offered at the Hub. The apartments will also provide an appropriate housing option for young people who are not well suited to shared living in our existing 22-bedroom supported housing wing.
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Stage Four
The aim of the Hub is to create a place where young people come to have fun - and while they are here, they can easily access the help and support they need. Prevention instead of reaction. These spaces include creative arts spaces, workshop and training rooms, garden areas, a cafe which will be used for training purposes and hangout areas for young people and their whānau. These will be built once funding is secured.
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