Youthline Manukau Centre Development
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- they changed my life”
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For the previous 15 years, Youthline has operated in Manukau from rented premises in Friendship House. Now together with the Auckland Council (formerly Manukau City Council) and local community Youthline is developing a critically needed, innovative new facility.
We have been given a 30 year lease of the once iconic Papatoetoe Fire Station, which is in a prime location on St Georges Street, easily accessible to young people, their families and the wider community.
Manukau has the largest proportion of young people in the country, considerable assets and a richly diverse community that has the potential for a strong economic future. Alongside these attributes are challenges and pressures associated with such a fast growing environment and Youthline’s services operate in response to a community need in the area.
The Manukau Youth and Community Development project represents more than a decade of planning and needs analysis and will a allow us to increase our vital services to youth and the community of Manukau. This project will help enrich the local area by enabling community involvement through volunteering opportunities, personal development, support services, training and leadership opportunities.
We have the support of our extensive community networks. Youthline has a strong focus on community development, engagement and ownership and without the support of the community and funders this project would not be possible.
Construction is underway and we need your support to make this dream a reality.
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We would like to acknowledge the generosity of the following supporters:
As well as:
Golden Bay Cement, Monier Bricks, Placemakers Cook Street, The Laminex Group, Methven,
Caroma Industries NZ, Clearlite Bathrooms, Chesters Plumbing and Drainage, Iplex Pipelines,
Rheem New Zealand Limited, Interface FlorNZ, Polyflor NZ, Cremer Lifts, Toshiba (Australia) Pty
Limited, Diamond Decorators, Colin Campbell Painting Contractors, Master Painters NZ, Office
Interiors, Kiwi Living, Southern Hospitality, EnergyLight, DE Group, Darden Business School – University of
Virginia, Acronym, Frank Burton, Stephen and Charlotte Bell, and Charles Anderson.
"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the Future”