Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Bay of Plenty
Potential lives within every young person. Big Brothers Big Sisters supports young people to reach their full potential, through strong positive relationships that express care, challenge growth, share power, and expand possibilities.
Our mentors help ignite youth potential.
OUR PROGRAMMES
Community-Based Mentoring
Community-based Mentoring is the traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters relationship. It happens after school or on the weekend.
It’s all about the volunteer and young person spending one-on-one time together doing things they both enjoy - a few hours, a couple of times a month.
Full training and ongoing support is provided by our staff to ensure volunteers are empowered to create and sustain long-term mentoring relationships.
School-Based Mentoring
School-based mentoring is a great way to engage a young person in a safe and supportive environment, we are currently partnered with several local primary schools in our area.
Mentors go to the school once a week and take the young person out of class for an hour. Typically it is the same time each week. Most schools prefer it to be either late morning or in the afternoon so that the young person doesn't miss core subjects which are done first thing in the morning.
Full training and ongoing support is provided by our staff to ensure volunteers are empowered to create and sustain long-term mentoring relationships.
Social Media and Communications
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Whakatāne BIG BROTHERs BIG SISTERs TEAM
Our small team of dedicated staff and volunteers with a strong desire to see lasting positive change in our community.
Engaging our community through a simple yet proven mentoring model, impacting lives by creating and strengthening relationships.
Quality youth mentoring, that works
Through quality training, Big Brothers Big Sisters equips Mentors with the ability to ignite potential and build resilience in young people all over Aotearoa New Zealand.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand is part of the world’s largest volunteer mentoring network. We make professionally supervised mentoring matches between adults and young people (aged approx. six to twelve) throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
Studies show that 98% of the youth we mentor believe they now make better life choices as a result of the relationship with their ‘Tuakana’ (mentor)
THE Whakatāne Board members
Our governance board is here to support the team on the ground.
They volunteer their time and skills to ensure the programme meets national standards and regulations.
OUR WHAKATĀNE DEFENDERS OF POTENTIAL
Tuakana - Teina
Mā te tuakana te teina e tōtika, mā te teina te tuakana e tōtika
From the older the younger will learn, from the younger the older will learn.
Where the older has responsibilities to the younger, so does the younger to the older.
