Programmes

We have young people from the wider South West Christchurch area and a huge number from Christchurch South Intermediate as we have two youth workers through 24-7  that work in the school. We run a weekly Sunday morning programme as part of Sunday School and our Wednesday night programme runs from 6pm - 7.30pm at our Lyttelton St site during term time.

SYC Juniors are a great mix of young people from year 9 and 10 from all walks of life. We gather with a focus on fun activities, a God Spot and a care group structure allowing our awesome leaders to connect with each individual every week. 

Happens on a Wednesday night from 7pm to 8.30pm in The Living Room at our Lyttelton St site.

SYC Seniors happen in a household in Spreydon for year 11-13 students. We gather for fun, great conversations, food and growing faith. Everyone is welcome, and every young person has a leader to connect to who will stay in regular communication as to what’s happening. 

Happens on a Wednesday night from 7.00pm to 9.00pm at our Cobham St Hall - 51 Cobham St.

SYC Rowley is based at The Rowley Ave Bible Chapel on a Wednesday evening. The group ranges from year 7-13 and predominantly caters for students from Hillmorton High School and Te Komanawa Rowley Ave Primary. There are a great bunch of dedicated leaders there who will connect and walk alongside every young person that attends. We set out to build strong healthy meaningful relationships with all individuals. Each night consists of fun, food, music, games and conversations. 

Happens on a Wednesday night from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. 

South West Youth Community has been working in our local schools for over 20 years. During this time it has changed and morphed. As a church, through the Spreydon Youth Community Trust, we partner with local schools to provide youth workers to these schools. Our Youth work is provided under the ‘24-7YouthWork’ Network, which oversees youth work in over 80 schools across New Zealand, and was birthed out of SYC. 

SYC has 12 youth workers that work an average of 10 hours per week, and commit to working 3 – 5 years in a school. Our youth workers are there to serve the school, matching their gifting with needs in the school. 

This includes:

-Mentoring
-Leadership development 
-Working with prefects, school leaders and school councils 
-Working with small groups on life skills 
-Sports coaching 
-Assisting in classes, on trips and activities 
-Being an extra pair of hands on camps 
-Organizing fun events 
-Training students 

The schools we have the pleasure of working in are:

-Hillmorton High School 
-Cashmere High School 
-Middleton Grange School 
-Christchurch South Intermediate 

We operate under ‘Spreydon Youth Community Trust’, with a heavy focus on young people in the communities of South West Christchurch. 

We are a Charitable Trust set up in 1997 by a group of passionate, talented people who shared the mission of ‘Helping young people become followers of Jesus’. Nearly 50% of our income is from grants from bodies such as Christchurch City Council, COGS, Canterbury Community Trust, Lotteries, Lion Foundation and others. This helps us pay for wages, transport, equipment, admin, overheads and supplement programme costs. We want to spend more time working with young people and less time fundraising, and you could help us do that. 

If you believe in the SYC vision and would like to support us financially, you can make donations into our Bank Account: 

BNZ 02 0800 0628410 00 

or even set up a monthly direct debit. 

Remember 1/3 of everything you give to charity can be claimed back at the end of the tax year! You can now even give through payroll with your employer. If you would like to support us by making a financial donation please get in touch.