The Mentoring Effect
Stories | June 28th, 2022
What happens in one year of mentoring?See for yourself as 3 mentoring relationships go from complete strangers to confidantes and close friends.
Upside Adventures: Stories Untold Winners!
Stories | February 1st, 2022
In an attempt to help mentors connect with their young people during lockdown late last year, we tasked our Upside matches to tell us a story.
It's Not Goodbye, Just See You Later!
Stories | November 30th, 2021
Four years since they first met, Te Manu and Hayden have had quite the journey with Upside.
Ideas For Mentoring During Lockdown
Stories | August 31st, 2021
Living in Lockdown affects us all differently.
A chance to reflect
Stories | January 28th, 2021
One of our mentors recently told us about how he was seizing the teachable moments with his young person.
$10,000 of dental work donated, one life changed
Stories | May 7th, 2020
Andrew from Symonds Street Dental and Rachel from Eden Orthodontics generously donated free dental and orthodontic work to a young person for as long as they needed it. This came to about $10,000 worth of work!
"At his 16th birthday party were mostly paid professionals involved in his messy childhood."
Stories | February 28th, 2020
At Josh's party was his OT social worker, a social worker from a group home he lived in, his foster mum and one other foster parent. No friends his own age.
Video games, butter chicken and learning about triggers
Stories | February 26th, 2020
Jackson’s mother suffered from several addictions and due to neglect, Jackson was responsible for his own self-care from a very young age.
“Hannah believes she’s a burden and inherently unlikeable.”
Stories | February 25th, 2020
“Hannah* believes she’s a burden and inherently unlikeable.” Child Psychologist Hannah was 13 when she was referred to us.