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Sheldon Rua (centre) will present Mindfulness through dance workshops at the Marlborough Youth Trust s Expression Sessions. Taylah Rasmussen, left, and Amy Bain said they had benefited greatly from attending previous sessions.
Blenheim s youth have until Monday to register for the Expression Sessions being held at the Marlborough Youth Trust over the next six weeks in the lead up to NZ Youth Week in May. We are stronger together is the theme for this year s youth week, which will be celebrated across the country from May 8-16. Expression sessions give young people an opportunity to express Youth Week in a form of art they can relate to, whether photography, dance or painting.
Molnar said the only effect had been the additional stress on funding of the systems that support the well-being of the youth. Rory Crawford from Sport Tasman, one of the facilitators of the event agreed: “It’s quite clear that the areas they’ve spoken about have not come about as a result of Covid – they have been ingrained,” he said. “The hui was about truly understanding what the main challenges and areas are that they want to see support and help with, and for the youth to direct us as organisations to action some of those points.” “They did that 100 per cent. I think there’s a lot of exciting information and ideas that came across today.”
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Marlborough District Youth Council members Ashleigh McElhinney, left, and Poppy Lane, youth worker Soni Kula, and Nelson Marlborough DHB youth health promoter Reuben Molnar will be involved in a youth hui to be held on Friday at My Space.
“A lot of the times our youth feel like their voices aren t heard or that no-one s listening, but this is definitely a space where we want to listen.” Youth worker Soni Kula is talking about the Youth Hui to be held at Marlborough Youth Trust s My Space on Friday afternoon, February 26. “So we re inviting them to come and speak. We want to hear what s going on, and we want to know what we can do to support them better moving forward,” he said.
Thanks to this financial help, Marlborough Freemasons ended up with $4000 to make the trailer. “A number of other organisations in Marlborough donated components for the trailer like wheels, axles . we also received a barbecue unit given by Bunnings and chilly bin from Warehouse.” said Williams. “We will put some advertising with logos on the trailer to thank all the people who contributed to the project. We had a lot of local support which is fantastic.” For those at Marlborough Youth Trust (MYT), the trailer is a welcome addition to its events kit. “We already have a rock climb wall and hope to have a coffee cart in the future, said manager Jo Lane.