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

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