2021 Autumn Magazine

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2 From the Founder's Desk
Recent events and updates from Achieve 2B

3 YAC Commitee
Giving voice to rangatahi

4 "In our Backyard" National Program
Exploring Aotearoa

5 Movie Night Fundraising
Raising funds to launch our new National Program

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From the Founder's
Desk

Kia Ora, Hello, Malo e lelei and G’day,

The last weeks in Northland has been topsy, turvy as Julia Hartshorne
we continue to navigate COVID 19 and then Tsunami
alerts. It is ironic how these adversities parallel with It gave everyone a chance to view or
the challenges that Achieve 2B has had over the last review the Achieve 2B Strategy 2021 –
12 months; the toing and froing as we strive to seek 23. But more importantly, it gave
a model that will remain true to the vision of Achieve everyone an opportunity to claim their
2B. stake as they reflected on how/where
Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes, the ‘In Our they saw themselves in the strategy.
Backyard’ Campaign is set to launch our 2022/23 Energy ran high as people connected
programme. This will see us engage in a safe with old whanau members and
National programme for our emerging students. A reconnected with new whanau
programme in which we look to branching out to members.
include Christchurch, which completes our goal of To launch ’In Our Backyard’, we
Achieve 2B having its presence around New Zealand. organised a fundraising movie night. On
Read on to find out more about our exciting ‘In Our Wednesday, the 21st of April, in
Backyard’ Campaign. Auckland, we will have a showing of the
cool and funny movie “Tom and Jerry”. To
From an operational perspective, a decision was join us, please go to our Facebook page
made to scale down the Volunteer team. Achieve 2B or search for our event on the Eventbrite
has been proudly served by a fairly large volunteer website. We look forward to seeing you!
team. However, having a smaller volunteer team Please continue to journey with us as we
allows for a more concentrated and coordinated continue to open up new opportunities
approach to the design and delivery of our for our aspiring young people.
programme. Achieve 2B highly values the volunteers
who have formerly served Achieve 2B. Ngā mihi,
The new slimline team was welcomed into the
whanau during our whanau forum. The whanau Julia Hartshoren
forum is an initiative to ensure there are well- Founder / CEO
developed relationships between the Board of
Trustees and Volunteers. Our inaugural Whanau
forum happened in Auckland during the last
weekend of February.

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Hi, I’m Lola! I am part of the Achieve 2B alumni team and now the YAC
assistant leader – which stands for Youth Advisory Committee.
YAC aims to get the alumni together to support Achieve 2B to be
recognised as an organisation who is all about involving and
supporting young people with disabilities/conditions by giving them
the amazing opportunity of an intercultural exchange experience.
YAC is newly established in 2021, and we are hoping that we can work
on getting Achieve 2B a recognised intercultural exchange
programme with support from everyone!

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‘In Our Backyard’ National Exchanges

In 2021/22, Achieve 2B is set to There will be no host families; students
deliver and upstage its National will be supported by “Companion
Exchanges; an opportunity for young Parents”. Students will go away in
people to explore their “backyard”! This groups, and they will stay in rented
model aligns with the founding principles accommodations through Airbnb.
of the organisation to facilitate cultural
exchanges. This “route adjustment” will The following areas of the previous model
allow Achieve 2B to find a way to negotiate will remain:
COIVD 19 and still deliver a program.
Students will engage in a school
After learning from our past and taking programme
time to reflect, Achieve 2B is posed to trial Students will engage in volunteer work
a new operational model, which will result Students will engage in cultural
in some changes. The changes will include: experiences
Students will be Ambassadors of New
A trial of 1 – 4 week exchanges during Zealand and Achieve 2B.

the school terms in 2022. These will be With great anticipation and excitement, we
look forward to welcoming Cohort 2022 at
across the regions of Whangarei, the end of 2021 to prototype our trial
blazing model in 2022.
Auckland, Wellington and

Christchurch.

There will be no more than 4 students

in any one exchange group at a time.

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