Rotary and Rotary-supported Youth Programmes (and resources)
Can Rotary help you and your school? What are you looking for?
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A leadership and personal development programme?
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A programme to help building my public speaking skills?
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An exchange programme?
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A new youth programme for your school?
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A youth-based community programme or service?
Answers can be found below
Boyle River Outdoor Education Centre
Has a deeply rooted vision to extend the potential of young people to be lifelong learners, contributing citizens and to provide a fun environment to develop leadership skills through future focused outdoor education learning programmes. What’s involved:
- Leadership theory
- Practical leading self and others
- Experiential education methods
- Adventure-based learning activities (high and low ropes, water activities, rock climbing, abseiling)
- Problem solving
- Bushcraft, camping and group management
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Healthy Heroes
Healthy Heroes is an initiative aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles among youth. It focuses on changing dietary behaviors through various activities, including:
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Interact
Interact is a club for 12 to 18 year olds who want to connect with others in their community or school. Members have fun while carrying out service projects and learning about the world.
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Innovative Young Minds
Innovative Young Minds (online) wants to inspire a new generation of female innovators and industry leaders in the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and high-tech manufacturing) sectors. Our IYM Online programme will introduce you to the wide range of research and career opportunities available in STEMM.
Delivered entirely online via Zoom and Google Classroom, this programme is for Year 11 and 12 female students from all over New Zealand and the Pacific. You'll get to know other young women who share your passion for STEMM.
Over four half-day weekday sessions you will see inside a range of science and technology organisations and hear from women who have built careers and businesses in the STEMM sector, all from your own home!
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National Science and Technology Forum
This highly regarded programme has a 30+ year history of providing high achieving, well-rounded year 12 science, mathematics and technology students with one of the best experiences of their lives. For 14 days 168 like-minded students will explore tertiary-level science, mathematics and technology careers. They will participate in lectures, laboratories and field stations, meeting industry leaders and visiting organisations across a range of sectors.
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Rotary Youth Driver Awareness
(RYDA) is a safety programme aimed at 16 to 18-year-old students who are approaching that crucial time in their lives when they start to drive independently, or are travelling as passengers of novice drivers.
The Peer Support Programme offers secondary schools the opportunity to provide new entrants to secondary school a structured introduction to school under the guidance of senior students who are trained as leaders.
Illustrated Dictionary Project
The Illustrated Dictionary project is Rotary-supported and aims to provide every Year 4 child (ages 8–9) their own free illustrated dictionary, personally presented during a scheduled school visit. The Bill and Lorna Boyd Charitable Trust ‘s objective is for the publication to be presented annually thereafter to each Year 4 student intake. This richly illustrated publication supports Rotary’s goal of Literacy Development and benefits not just children, but their families as well.
This is the latest project of The Bill and Lorna Boyd Charitable Trust. Its objective is to provide these colourful Rhyming Alphabet book and card sets, designed and published by Dame Wendy Pye’s Sunshine Books, to kindergartens, pre-schools, early learning centres and primary school Year 1 students.
J R McKenzie Youth Education Fund
The J R McKenzie Trust is a philanthropic family trust that has been grantmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand since 1940. Known for funding groups and initiatives that often struggle to get grants elsewhere, we distribute allocated funds through a variety of approaches and mechanisms to organisations that align with our vision of a socially just and inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Young Totara Awards are made to young people under the age of 21 years who demonstrate strength of character, courage of conviction, care of the community, and pursuit of excellence to provide sound role models for other young people. They are the leaders of tomorrow.
Youthline
No problem is too big or too small – we are here to listen and support you. Our Helpline service is available for any young person anywhere in New Zealand, or anyone who is supporting a young person. We are happy to chat with parents, grandparents, friends, whānau, teachers, coaches and more. Being supported as the support person is incredibly important. When you get in touch, your call or message will be answered by a Helpline counsellor. They will introduce themselves and ask you a little about yourself and how they can help.