The Wellington Youth Service provides free and confidential primary healthcare, sexual health services, social workers, youth workers, peer support, counselling, and recreational activities to young people in Central Wellington. It aims to make services easily accessible, participate youth in decision making, and address the specific needs of groups through innovative programs. Around 2,500 young people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including 20% Maori, 10% Pacific Islanders, and 15% other ethnicities, are registered with the service.

1. Wellington Youth Service

2. Based in Central
Wellington

3. Free & confidential
• Primary healthcare
• Sexual Health
• Social Worker
• Youth Worker
• Peer support
• Counselling
• Hang out space
• Pool table
• Foosball
• Internet
• Projects
• Activities

12. • 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

21. • 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

22. Ethnicities of registered patients at November 07
African
Other Asian
2%
5% 4%
European
Pacific
5%
9%
Maori
19%
NZ Euro
56%

23. Age range of patients at Evolve Nov 07
350
300
250
Number of patients
200
150
100
50
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Age in years