Challenge for Change
Early Intervention Mentoring
Challenge for Change is BGI's early intervention mentoring programme. Over the course of a full year, we help young people aged between 9 and 13 to develop self-belief and valuable life skills.
Our passionate volunteer mentors are trained and carefully matched with rangatahi. They work as positive role models, enabling mentees to identify their unique needs, talents, interests, and styles of learning.
During one-on-one engagements, a balance of fun and deeper connection, and monthly group events, young people learn to build and nurture relationships with peers, whānau, and their wider communities.
Where appropriate, we approach youth development through Te Ao Māori and other non-Pākehā worldviews, grounding young peoples' growth in their personal connections with their cultures.
If you're a guardian of a Challenge for Change mentee, you'll find a supportive community and strategies to help your young people flourish through our Te Awhi (The Embrace) Parenting Programme.
To learn more about Te Awhi, head here.
And if you think Challenge for Change would benefit a young person you know, fill in a referral form below! Referrals are welcomed through a range of channels.
Keen to help transform the lives of our youth? We'd love to hear from you! Start by filling out one of our volunteer mentor application forms below. We will be having our first training wānanga at the start of June, as our programme will be running from June 2023 to June 2024.
If you’d like, you can donate to the Challenge for Change programme.
When: Weekly engagements with rangatahi. One-on-one supervisions, group supervisions, and group events monthly!
Where: Across Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington
For more information, get in touch today!
Community Hub Team Lead
toni@bgi.org.nz