Supporting change in young people with adverse childhood experiences.
We're Upside Youth Mentoring (formerly Brothers In Arms) and we exist to support change in Aotearoa New Zealand's young people with adverse childhood experiences. We want to help them feel a little brighter and more loved than they did yesterday.
Our dream is to change the future of our nation. We've been matching young people with mentors since 2006 and with over 700 matches and 6000 hours of mentoring a year, we’ve seen time and time again the life-changing effects of this connection.
90%
success rate in 2019 (24% higher than international standard)
We work with young people aged 9-13 years old who have been referred to us from principals, counsellors, psychologists and social workers who believe a positive role model is what this young person needs to help navigate their current challenges.
100%
with Adverse Childhood Experiences
Our volunteer mentors hail from a hugely diverse range of ages, cultures and backgrounds. From CEOs to students, to parachuters and retirees. If you've got two hours a week to spare for a year to change a young person's life, we want to hear from you.
6000 hours
of volunteer mentoring in 2020
We're stoked to be partnering with other organisations doing amazing mahi to reach young people outside of Auckland. We're already working with awesome organisations such as Springboard in Rodney, Tipu Skills for Life in Tauranga and Coast Mentoring in Whangaparaoa, delivering Upside's mentoring programme to their local communities.
If you are a registered charity and are interested in learning more about running the Upside mentoring programme, we'd love to chat more about being there for young people together. Click here to learn more about becoming an Upside Partner.
Check out the awesome mahi that's been made possible by so many wonderful people, organisations, and corporates, who chose to make positive a difference for young people. View Annual Report 2021 here.