New Whanganui initiative aims to inspire disadvantaged youth to reach business dreams
3 May, 2021 04:00 PM
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Lift Business co-ordinator Leighton Kotuhi-Brown encourages any local rangatahi with a business idea to come down to their Victoria Court premises. Photo / Bevan Conley
Lift Business co-ordinator Leighton Kotuhi-Brown encourages any local rangatahi with a business idea to come down to their Victoria Court premises. Photo / Bevan Conley
A new initiative focusing on empowering disadvantaged rangatahi and fuelling their dreams has started up in Whanganui.
Lift Business Whanganui launched its enterprise at its Victoria Court premises last week to a packed house, with Whanganui MP Steph Lewis, and representatives of police and fellow social enterprises, such as Thrive Whanganui, in attendance.
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Lift Business Whanganui s programme facilitator Fonofili Tafilipepe and co-ordinator Leighton Kotuhi-Brown are excited to get the enterprise off the ground. Photo / Bevan Conley
Lift Business Whanganui s programme facilitator Fonofili Tafilipepe and co-ordinator Leighton Kotuhi-Brown are excited to get the enterprise off the ground. Photo / Bevan Conley
Lift Business Whanganui launched to a packed room at its Victoria Court premises yesterday. Focusing on supporting development of life skills and self-employment, Lift, which started in Hawke s Bay, focuses on working with disadvantaged young people, predominantly Māori, from their initial business idea.
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Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3:00 pm In a labour market significantly impacted by
Covid-19, disadvantaged young people are facing greater
challenges in finding jobs,” said LIFT Social Enterprise
Director, Jody Hamilton. “Latest data is showing the
unemployment rate for 15-24 year old Māori at 18.1%, when
the general unemployment rate is just 4.9%”. We
have seen a significant increase in main benefit numbers for
the Whanganui District, from 4,872 in March 2019 to 5,409 in
March 2021. Now is the time to focus on creating new jobs
and opportunities. We are establishing an exciting new
initiative called LIFT Business Whanganui, which will open
up opportunities for Rangatahi to create their own