December 2021 Newsletter | Cromwell Youth Trust

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This December means we have a ton of awesome programmes and events happening for our local young people and with the end of the school year just over a week away and the beginning of the long Summer break ahead we want to make sure our local Cromwell families have the opportunity to plan ahead and have opportunities available to keep their kids busy; in a safe and supportive environment. So simply continue to scroll down and see what is available!

Below you will see some important dates and time adjustments for December; but also one day where we will be closed due to professional development training with all our staff.

We are excited to welcome to the team our new Youth Programme Coordinator Cody Randell - a new role which was established to support our growing organisation and continue building on our amazing youth driven programmes. Click below to learn more about Cody or come by and say 'Kia Ora'

December is a busy month for our team so we will be taken a couple of weeks off over the Christmas and New Year to return fresh and ready for a busy 2022.

Cromwell Youth Trust want to send out a BIG thank you to - all our volunteer Trustees at CYT (David Scoones, Tamah Alley, Rebecca Anderson, Hilary Seagrave, Karen McCabe & Holly McDiarmid) - without the ongoing support, trust and commitment from our Trustees we would not be where we are today. Thank you to all our amazing CYT Youth Workers who have giving so much to support our local youth - this is not a standard 9 to 5 job and our dedicated team provide so much to our youth and the community and without them CYT would not be where they we are today.

Also, thank you to our volunteers who have giving up their time to support our youth throughout the year - thank you Sue, Ian, Toni & Carrie.

Thank you to our funders, sponsors, business supporters, community members, parents/guardians, community agencies, schools and most importantly, our young people for a fantastic year. We look forward to what 2022 has to bring!

Cromwell Youth Trust have officially opened an exciting three (3) week Summer Holiday Programme for January 2022!

This is your chance to book your child's spot on the long summer break and keep them entertained with a wide range of activities. We have paddleboarding, Kiwi Water Park, biking on the Rail Trail, virtual reality with Realm VR and alot more!

This upcoming Friday 3rd December is a Staff Only Day at Cromwell College and Cromwell Youth Trust is hosting a brand new event, in association with YourCorps Gaming! This opportunity is about bringing together our young people in a safe and inclusive space and use gaming as a way to build connections through gaming.

At the time of writing this newsletter there were only four (4) spots remaining - so click below to book your child's spot now!

Our annual Christmas event at The Hangout Youth Centre is happening again and we will be bringing the Christmas flair throughout ALL of December - starting Wednesday 1st December with The Hangout Youth Centre being transformed into everything Christmas and the whole month we will enjoy music, food, movies and more.

Cromwell Youth Trust have enjoyed brining a FREE breakfast programme initiative to our youth this past term - thanks to Rotary Club of Cromwell, Kickstart Breakfast, Cromwell College & our volunteers.

We will continue providing this free food programme up until Wednesday 8th December.
Keep an eye out for the 2022 schedule in the New Year.

Haere Mai!

COMING UP THIS DECEMBER FOR OUR YOUTH

BOOKINGS OPEN | SUMMER HOLIDAY PROGRAMME 2022

GAMING EVENT AT THE HANGOUT YOUTH CENTRE

CHRISTMAS AT THE HANGOUT

BREAKFAST PROGRAMME

CHECK OUT WHAT OUR YOUTH GOT UP TO LAST MONTH