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Wellington Youth Service
Based in Central Wellington
Free & confidential� Primary healthcare� Sexual Health� Social Worker� Youth Worker� Peer support� Counselling
� Hang out space� Pool table� Foosball� Internet� Projects� Activities
� Based on principles of youth participation, youth development and community development
� Provision of easily accessible primary health and social services
� Development and provision of innovative, flexible, experimental programmes to address the needs of specific groups
� Around 2500 young people registered with the service
� Ethnicity breakdown: 20% Maori, 10% Pacific Island, 15% Other, 55% NZ Euro
� High percentage of young people from refugee backgrounds
� Significant group of �at risk� young people who are not accessing any other services
Ethnicities of registered patients at November 07
Maori19%
NZ Euro56%
Pacific9%
European5%
Other5%
African2% Asian
4%
Age range of patients at Evolve Nov 07
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