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Send It Spring 18 Newsletter

In this edition of our latest Youth Encounter Newsletter we introduce you to Des Meyfarth, our Activity and Equipment guru who has joined our happy team.  Find out also what we have been up to and what we have coming up so you don't miss out....

Wide-Open Winter 18 Newsletter - Not to be missed

This newsletter is packed full of our latest news and goings on, but also a snap shot of what we have coming up.Our annual AGM is being held on the 23rd June 2 - 4pm at The Daily Cafe in Te Puke, we would love to see you there.Our volunteer under the spotlight this time is none other than Mad Mike, check out the newsletter to see what he gets up to when he is not volunteering for Youth Encounter....

Hot off the Press - March 2018 Newsletter

In this newsletter we report on what's been happening for Youth Encounter in the last three months.  I can assure you its been action packed on all fronts.  Please click on the link below to see our full newsletter and our Volunteer under the spotlight this time, Andre Whitehead....

How to get your message across on a tight budget?

So you have something you want to share with the world. Perhaps it’s an idea close to your heart, or a campaign for the benefit of your community, or perhaps it’s a project you’ve been working on for a while and are now ready to go public with. Your initial thoughts may be social media, print, radio, newspapers, articles in magazines etc.  Then comes the … this is all going to cost a fortune both in monetary terms and time, both of limited supply in many businesses and most Not...

Encounter Quarterly Newsletter

Take a look at what the Encounter team have been up to over the last few months, the camps, the race team, dirt bike therapy and our new social enterprise, Encounter Success now up and running.  Each newsletter will profile one of our volunteers and this time round we have the one and only Andy Mac, very photogenic and an incredible person to have on the team!Our newsletter finishes off with a calendar of events we are involved with over the next few months.  Give us a call or dro...

5 Things I've Learnt working with At Risk Youth

We are often so ‘busy’ rushing around filling our lives with what absolutely has to be done that sometimes we forget to focus on what is really important to us, what truly brings us joy and fulfilment of purpose.  For each of us that something is unique and there are certainly no right and wrong answers here.  People often find this concept challenging because unlike so much of what we do with our time, this is not a box ticking exercise. 12 months ago I moved from working in the c...

Encounter Success team building day video edit

What an amazing time we had with the crew from Rocketspark. Here is a video edit that captured that day....

Rocketspark Team Flying High

What do you get when you take a bunch of software people, kit them out in motocross gear and put them through the Encounter Success Team Building Day?  The Rocketspark Website Builder team will tell you the answer is a bunch of happy people who couldn't believe they'd gone from not being able to start a motorbike through to 'flying high' around a motocross track....