Hello September - and hello to Spring. Can you believe that 'Winter' has been and gone?!? This weather has been quite incredible. i have definitely enjoyed the stunning days of blue sky and warm sun with a slight chill in the air. It has definitely helped us feel pumped each day and making those long work hours worth it - especially with what is just around the corner in TWO days!

Have you booked a table with friends and/or family at Amigos Cromwell for either Wednesday 4th or Thursday 5th September? Our youth are Taking Over Amigos Cromwell for some awesome reasons:

1. Our youth, who are a part of our Cooking Up a Storm Youth Development Programme that has been operating these past three weeks, have developed some incredible cooking & life skills with CYTs focus on experiential learning (learning by doing). The support of amazing local community members and businesses in this field has assisted our young people to be ready for the frontline of an operating restaurant where they will serve you, the lucky customer, from setting your table, taking your order, serving your meal & drinks and clearing the table for the next guests!

and secondly;

2. This awesome event serves as a much needed fundraiser for Cromwell Youth Trust. after the two nights half of the portions of sales will be kindly donated to our non-profit NZ registered charity (CC23961) with those funds going directly back to the benefit of our young people throughout Cromwell & Bannockburn.

So get on the phone today and call Amigos Cromwell on (03) 445 8263 to book a table - please make sure you reference Cromwell Youth Trust when you book.
We cannot wait to see you there!

In other exciting news, August saw a very busy time all round for our organisation; Rhys had to close The Hangout Youth Centre for a total of five (5) days over August - but this was due to some positive reasons, three (3) days were to ensure our Cooking Up a Storm programme operated, one (1) day was due to Rhys heading north to Taupo for the annual Bluelight AGM, and the final day was spent in Alexandra promoting CYT at the 2019 Youth Expo!
What is still incredible is that our foot traffic numbers are continuing to increase immensely - check out the graph below that compares 2018 to 2019 youth attendance over the past few months - to give an idea of how busy we are!

Continuing some positive news; you may have noticed our logo has been transformed to a colourful rainbow?!? that is because CYT have proudly taken the 'Pride Pledge'. This means we have committed to all LGBTTQ+ people, especially our youth, with having the freedom to be safe, healthy and visible. CYT will use our voice and influence to support visibility, safety, tolerance, love, diversity and inclusion of ALL young people. We hope you enjoy the Winter Pride in Queenstown that began the other day and continues for the next week.

CYT also had the pleasure of welcoming Daniel & Alex from the NZ Aids Foundation who provided a comprehensive detail of how we, as a community and nation, can tackle HIV and Aids and support those through times of need.

We hope you enjoy our updates below and what we have been up too throughout August and the enjoyable programmes that are coming up this September!

SPRING HOLIDAY PROGRAMME IS 
NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATIONS!

As you are members of the CYT Newsletter you are the first to get the opportunity to book your child/ren, or forward onto your friends/family, and register onto our incredible Spring Holiday Programme. 

Please be aware our programmes book out early and there are limited spaces on each activity. So get clicking below!!!