Youth Development – Nurturing the potential in young people through a variety of youth development programmes in the community and in schools, including
- Raise Up youth development programme
- Rainbow Education 101 programme and Rainbow support groups for rangatahi and their whānau
- Transition and Community Youth mentoring programme
- Y•Futures youth development and support-to-employment programme
- Annual V.O.I.C.E Youth Art Project & Exhibition
- NEET Service for rangatahi who are not in employment, education or training
- PARS (Play, Active Recreation & Sport) programmes (e.g. Community Pop Ups, Bubble Football, Archery)
- Y•Whānau parenting course and Let’s Talk about Sex safe relationships course for parents and caregivers
Education, Training & Employment Pathways – supporting people to reach their full potential through education and support-to-employment programmes, including:
- Y•Skills Certificate in Foundation Learning Levels 1 and 2 / NCEA Levels 1 and 2
- Y•Skills for Life upskilling in reading, writing and maths
- ACE Adult Community Education, including Learner Licence Theory Education
- Drive2Work support-to-employment programme
Y•Drive Driving School, a social enterprise that provides driver education and licence support for people seeking to attain their Learner, Restricted or Full driver licence. Y•Drive includes:
- Competitively priced driving lessons to progress from Learner to Restricted or Full Class 1 licence
- Community Driving Scholarship Programme – a philanthropically-funded initiative to assist people most in need to attain their driver licence
- Community Driving Mentor Programme, a partnership with the Salvation Army to match volunteer driving mentors with those needing on-the-road driving practice
