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Winter Community Newsletter 2008
Last Updated (Saturday, 05 June 2010 20:34) Written by Super Administrator Thursday, 12 June 2008 22:26
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Youthline’s vision is to create communities which relate to the needs of young people, respond to them and support them to achieve their potential.
How we create communities where young people thrive is an important question for Youthline and others who work with young people to think about.
One of the ways that Youthline creates strong communities is to train people through our programmes to give them the confidence and skills so they can help members of the community who call Youthline’s youth helpline and also take their skills into their families, workplaces and communities.
Volunteering is not about providing a cheap option, even if Youthline had an “excess” of financial resources we would still be seeking to involve volunteers. It is a philosophical choice about how we create a civilised society where people respond to community needs and find solutions rather than relying on someone (and government) to do it!
It is also about giving our volunteers the skills to support and strengthen themselves and in turn their communities.
June 15-21 saw the celebration of Volunteer Awareness Week; this is an important time for a charity organisation such as Youthline to recognise and appreciate the great work, time and energy that volunteers give up.
Currently Youthline has over 1000 volunteers nationally that help out at events and on our youth helpline, text and email support service.
Facts and figures from Volunteering New Zealand indicate that more than one million New Zealanders are actively involved in volunteer work, and roughly contribute about 270 million hours of unpaid work.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of those people who do donate their valuable time and skills to help change the lives of thousands of young people every year.
Take Care
Stephen Bell
Youthline CEO
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