Nelson based queer youth group Q-Youth is seeking a second staff member after securing funding from a scholarship designed to improve the lives of young people in New Zealand. Founding Director Seb Stewart successfully applied for a Vodafone World of Difference scholarship. The initiative supports six individuals who dream of making change in the youth sector throughout New Zealand each year. The $80,000 means he can hire a drop-in centre coordinator and Stewart would love people from all over New Zealand to apply. "Nelson is a fabulous place to live and we want to get some really cool applications coming through." Check out the job description here The finding also means the Q-Youth drop-in centre can be refurbished and its education and therapeutic services can be developed. "The one that really excites me is the therapeutic side of things,” Stewart says. “Because that's what I've been training in for the last three years and I've been on placement at Nayland College for three years working extensively with queer youth in four out of the six high schools in Nelson." Stewart's dream is to see Q-Youth continue to flourish. "The youth participation in Q-Youth is the most exciting aspect of it. We've got wonderful, amazing youth leaders in our community. I just want to see more of the same really. Young people stepping up into those leadership roles and influencing the communities that they move in, the school communities and the communities at large." He says the group welcomes youth from all over New Zealand and says anyone taking a holiday in Nelson is welcome to get involved.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Monday, 22nd November 2010 - 11:18am