Diabetes NZ Canterbury Youth
Diabetes NZ Canterbury Youth Branch supports youth living with diabetes across the Canterbury region. We run several events a year, including a summer camp.
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Contact person: Victoria Wynn Thomas
Email: youthcanterbury@diabetes.org.nz
Phone: 021 597 372
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiabetesNZCanterburyYouth
Hours: Tuesday 8.30-4pm, Wednesday and Friday 9-1pm
What’s on
Past events
Teen Event - September 25 2022
On Sunday 25th September we held a teen event in Canterbury for rangatahi aged between 13-18 with diabetes.
We had 6 rangatahi attend along with our 2 teen mentors Connor & Kacey – they thoroughly enjoyed the Escape Rooms at Escape Artists in the city where they split into two teams to try escape two different themed rooms.
Both teams did really well with Kacey’s team escaping in 31 minutes and 33 seconds & Connor’s team escaping in 40 minutes and 12 seconds. Once they completed their escape rooms they then went around the corner where they enjoyed delicious Burger Fuel, and chatted all things diabetes and general teenage life.
All feedback received from rangatahi and parents were positive as was the feedback from our teen mentors so we will definitely be putting this event in our calendar for 2023.