For TiraRangatahi, the main kaupapa in this funding is to empower rangatahi through mana taurite and breaking down exclusion and lack of rangatahi voice. Our Champion Rangatahi Development Tool is about the things we think need to be in a rangatahi organisation to be the best for rangatahi.
Over 250 rangatahi led projects, events and mahi run
Over 9,000 rangatahi participating in programmes, events or activities
Many of the organisations strengthened things like whai wahitanga through their Champion funding. We also funded SCOPE youth development reviews for many of the Champion organisations.
Carterton Youth Village Wairarapa
Carterton Village Charitable Trust provides a wrap-around, caring ‘home’ environment to rebuild self-esteem and self-reliance as rangatahi move into adulthood.
Epic runs many different youth programmes and leadership development opportunities and mentoring for and by rangatahi.
The Matapuna Student Council empowers rangatahi who are not often heard in leadership and decision-making.
By rangatahi/ for rangatahi community programmes and social enterprise activities developing a group of young leaders to lead other rangatahi across Rezpect’s workstreams.
Tararua Community Youth Services provides loads of rangatahi development support in their rohe and our support is focused on ‘guy for guys’ mentoring and activities.
A rangatahi led initiative supported under the kaitiakitanga of Mauria Te Pono Trust encouraging rangatira mō apōpō to be the initiators of change.
We also support Te Kura-a-Wao, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa who run te taiao programmes where rangatahi to experience their whakapapa, whenua, maunga, awa and taiao in a safe environment.
“There is good evidence that the Champions Fund is contributing towards the outcomes set by TiraRangatahi”
Centre for Social Impact
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