Summer 2021 Newsletter

SUMMER ISSUE 2021
youthline - csi
News from our region
Meet our heroes
In this issue
Helpline News
Volunteer Profile
Suicide Watch
App of the month
Board News
Donate

Latest News
A recent initiative by YouthlineCSI in conjunction with “All Right”
Canterbury to help improve the stress levels of young people by
introducing them to the idea of mindfulness.
Mindfulness can help us during times of stress to reduce the time
worrying, by redirecting our thoughts and senses to what we are
doing in the here and now.
All Right helped us design a resource for our young people in the
form of “mindfulness dots” and “calming dots’, a selection of
stickers to put on the back of a mobile phone.
“Pause”, “Breathe”, “Smile” encourage the user to touch the
sticker with their finger, PAUSE, then take a long slow breath and
hold, breathe out slowly, then focus on something calming, then
smile! The Calming Dots ask you to close your eyes, imagine the
colour blue and to use the breathing technique.
These handy resources are available for young people through
their schools who can order them from us directly.
admin@youthlinecsi.org.nz

Volunteer Profile
This month we’d like to
introduce you to a special
person at CSI. Katie
Proctor came to us in as a
trainee counsellor in 2017,
then progressed to Solo
counselling before
becoming a Mentor.
"I’m passionate about young people’s mental health and
our community” says Katie, who has just finished her
MSc in Industrial-Organisational Psychology at UC. She
is now the chair of the Operations Committee and cochair
of the Youthline CSI Trustboard.
She recognizes her extensive experience with Youthline
combined with her psychology training gives her a
unique insight to evolving issues and their possible
solutions that can only benefit our volunteers.
Katie is a diligent and honest person, and a
great asset to our organization. Congratulations Katie
from all of us at Youthline!

Suicide Watch
"Listen. To. Us."
This is the main message from the voices of young people from a number of recent studies.
Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey funded by the Health Research council of New Zealand, collected
data from around 7,900 year 9-13s about their lives and the impacts on their health and well-being.
Finding that most students are happy with their lives is reassuring, however increasing numbers of
students are reporting high levels of distress and symptoms of clinical depression. This rose from
13% in 2012 to 23% in 2019 and was particularly high among females and higher in lower decile
schools.
Compared with previous Youth2000 surveys there is a marked decrease in well-being since 2012
(76% to 69%) and growing mental health inequities between Māori, Pasifika and other ethnic
groups, and higher suicide rates among lower income groups.

Dr Terry Fleming of Victoria University Wellington said there is not a particular explanation for the
changes, although social media can lead young people to comparing themselves, increases in
perfectionism, stressed parents or intergenerational trauma are some of the theories. School and
university workload can also be intense leaving less time for fostering friendships. Much of the
distress is caused by wider issues such as climate change and that their future looks bleak.
The Southern Cross Healthy futures Report 2020 found issues weighing most heavily on young
millennials and Gen Zer’s minds were suicide, the cost of living, access to mental health services and
violence. New information from the Chief Coroner in August reports that the provisional (suspected
but not confirmed) suicide rate is at it’s lowest in three years. There was a decrease in the number
of young people dying by suspected suicide particularly in the 15-19 age bracket reduced from 73 to
59, and age 20- 24 from 91 to 60.
Our helpline counsellors save lives. Youthline is often the first contact when young people consider
taking their life. We are the people they text or call when they are walking to a bridge to jump off,
have cut themselves or have accidentally overdosed. Whether that’s from Takaka or Timaru, we get
them the help they need then and there, 24/7.

Online Help Resources
In this issue we introduce a useful free app designed
for all age groups called "Smiling Mind". In just 10
minutes a day practicing mindfulness has proven to
reduce anxiety and stress, and create a sense of
calm. The app has dozens of exercises tailored for
different age groups and needs, and the not for profit
team's mission is to help every mind "Thrive Inside".

Youthline appoints co-chair
Recently, the Trustboard changed the
constitution to allow co-chairs with the aim of
making Youthline CSI an organisation led by
youth and volunteers. This step gives further
development opportunities and ensures we are
producing young community leaders. Our board
now consists of three Youthliners and five
professionals. So, Katie Proctor has joined
Tracey Genet as a co-chair.
Based on the top rungs of ‘Hart’s Ladder’ model
of youth participation, Youthline tries to
empower young people in organisational
decision-making with their seniors supporting
them to lead. The volunteer-run Operations
Committee is another area incorporating youth
voice, they make operation policy and procedural
decisions, just as senior volunteers manage a
trainee’s journey to solo counsellor and mentor.

Monthly Giving
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