Shift Upper Hutt

About

Improving the wellbeing of young Upper Hutt women. At Shift we empower young women to enhance their own wellbeing.

Shift Upper Hutt is delivered by Kickstart Youth Centre (Upper Hutt Community Youth Trust)

Story

Shift aims to learn about; and increase the wellbeing of young women aged 12-20.

We do this by:

INCREASING AWARENESS - of wellbeing through education and role modelling.

REDUCING BARRIERS - to participation by providing fun, social, low cost physical activity and sport opportunities and administering financial support.

EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN - by inspiring and growing leaders to create change in their own communities.

Our Approach

We co-design wellbeing solutions with young women to better understand their needs in an ever-changing environment. We seek and hear feedback, and embrace constant iteration and meaningful engagement. We are accessible, agile, and strongly believe in building whanaungatanga. We experiment, collaborate and have fun! We work in the worlds of wellbeing science, physical activity, social entrepreneurship and design.

Our Values

- Co-design - plan and deliver with young women

- Empowerment - support young women to find and lead their own solutions to wellbeing issues

- Inclusive & Accessible - we actively work with young women who identify with a diverse range of communities

- Holistic - encompassing the mind, body, spirit

- Collaboration - work in partnership with others who share similar values

- Safety/wellbeing - of young women and ourselves

- FUN - at every step of the way