Organisation

Southern Youth Development Trust

Purpose

Empowering young people to achieve their own successes.

Description

Southern Youth Development (SYD) is a youth development trust working with rangatahi towards their success. The Bikes@Syd programme aims to empower rangatahi to achieve success and make a sustainable difference to the local community. All rangatahi involved in this programme gain lifelong skills by learning how to maintain and care for a bicycle. Each year at least 500 bicycles go into landfill. Southern Youth Development works with rangatahi (youth/ young people) to collect bicycles from the landfill to restore, recycle and gift them back out to people who need them.

SDY teach everything including learning how to use tools, maintaining and understanding the mechanisms of a bicycle. The Bikes@Syd programme strives to provide positive social impact outcomes including empowering rangatahi and their whanau to be more active everyday.

You don't need to be a bike mechanic to help out, here are some of the jobs they need help with;

• Stock taking

• Bike logistics

• Bike component harvesting

• Scrapping bikes

• General assistance at our workshop.

Why volunteers enjoy this role

• Volunteers will benefit from bike maintenance training from our mechanics

• Leadership skills leading rangatahi through problem solving and a sense of fun!

• Sense of accomplishment that they have recreated something new

• Reduce waste by lessening the impact of bike waste on the environment

• Encourages the use of alternative transport

• Getting bikes to people who need them

Requirements

• Enthusiastic

• Passionate about getting more people on bikes

• Ability to work with rangatahi (youth)

Time Commitment

There are weekly, monthly and event based volunteer options available.

Helpers for Tuesday sessions, which need some volunteer help including:

• University campus bike grabs 11.00am-1.00pm AND

• After school programme 3.30pm-5.30pm.

School holiday events
Monthly salvage events at Green Island Landfill

Location

Southern Youth Development. 45 Māori Road, Belleknowes.

Background Check

Police
Working with a wide range of youth

Dress code

Anything you feel comfortable in and don’t mind getting a little dirty.

How to apply

Email Emily at emily@syd.org.nz

Please copy (CC) volunteer@otago.ac.nz into your application email. Also, we have a great email template and helpful tips on making an effective application here: https://www.unicrewotago.org/aboutpriceless