Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) co-founder Jo-anne Wilkinson, has welcomed a new report looking at child outcomes in New Zealand, saying that although the findings are of huge concern, it shows clearly where improvement is needed.

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Leading youth organisation, the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD), says that ‘residential camps’ play a role in the rehabilitation of youth offenders, but they cannot function in isolation. Read More...

Reducing the high rate of youth unemployment in New Zealand must be treated as an urgent priority if the country is to measure up on the world stage in years to come, says Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) co-founder Graeme Dingle. Read More...

Following more than two months of preparation, children from across South Auckland took to the stage on Thursday for the annual Kiwi Can Jam. Read More...

This week rugby league legend, Ruben Wiki, helped Auckland Seventh Day Adventist High School (ASDAH) in Mangere and the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD), celebrate a major milestone – a decade of running FYD’s Stars programme. Read More...

Amanda Wheeler knows a thing or two about teenagers having managed the Foundation for Youth Development’s (FYD) Henderson-based Waitakere arm for several years.

The 35-year-old Programme Director works with over 420 West Auckland teens annually and this dedication has been recognised in the 2010 Westpac Waitakere Business Awards. Amanda has been named a finalist in the Award’s Ritchies Transport Young Business Person of the Year Award category for her work with FYD Waitakere, and the trust itself is also a finalist in the Unitec Community & Volunteer Sector Best Practice Award section.

“Kids and teenagers are AWESOME, but they can get a hard time and are under a lot of pressure to be successful,” she says. Read More...

Three budding Waikato sports stars have put their hands up today to help Kiwi youth realise their potential. Read More...

Employees from the grocery industry across the country converged on Wellington and Auckland recently for the 2010 New Zealand Charity Squash Tournament.

The fun-filled event supports the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) and has run in the capital for the past five years. Due to popular demand it made its Auckland debut this year. Read More...

Veteran mountaineer Graeme Dingle and adventurer Jamie Fitzgerald are set to walk the length of New Zealand with groups of young Kiwis, in a bid to turnaround the country’s negative youth statistics. Read More...

Eight teenagers from around the country were last night recognised for their achievements at this year’s Project K Student Excellence Awards during a special ceremony at Government House in Auckland. Read More...