Community Project

Rainbow Youth

Supports queer and gender diverse through uncomfortable or difficult situations


Canterbury District Health Board

Offers help lines to help with mental and emotional  problems

Health Point

Has eight different services including a Disabled Persons Assembly and a Women's Refuge

Women's Refuge

Offers help to women who need help, there are all different things it may help with.

Hope House

Is a faith-based organisation that operates under the Hornby
Presbyterian Community Church and runs big and small community projects, it also runs many other things


RAINBOW YOUTH

This is a Social Service that can help with all types of issues and accepts donations, it helps the gender diverse and queer. Within the service there is a counselling office that can help people with these issues.

• LGBTIQ issues
• Self-harm and self-injury
• Depression/Anxiety
• Anger Management
• Grief and loss
• Bullying (including cyber bullying)
• Family dynamics (parenting through separation, blended families, new additions, relocations, immigration)
• Young people with special needs (Autistic spectrum, gifted, learning difficulties, problematic behaviour)
• Abuse and trauma (including sexual abuse and PTSD)

Here are some of the different groups inside of Rainbow Youth

Generation Queer (GQ) is RY’s peer-support group for under 18 year olds, who identify as queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui, fa’afafine, questioning or curious. 

Queer4Shore (Q4S) is RY’s North Shore peer-support group for those under the age of 27 year old, who identify as queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui, fa’afafine, questioning or curious.

Abandon all hope ye who enter here and prepare yourself for a treacherous journey. You will be guided on quests to explore dungeons, slay beasts, conquer empires and save the young Prince/Princess in distress. This is the official RainbowYOUTH D&D group

QWest is RY’s peer-support group that is run in Henderson.  QWest provides a relaxed social environment for queer and trans* youth.

ArtistRY is an Auckland-based RainbowYOUTH group. They are a group for anyone who loves to create art of all types, to share passion, enthusiasm, skills and ideas in all creative artistic fields all while providing a respectful and relaxed environment where any identity is supported and affirmed.