Freedom Fitness PLUS

Monday 19 March 2012

What’s new for Youth on Wayne’s World?

In this blog:

Blue Light - Kids SMART HANDBOOK (the kid's guide to life), Street smarthandbook (the essential guide into adulthood), Blue Light Life Skills Camps 2012.

YOUTH ON TRACK - The role of your organisation just gets better for youth with UROK, the online youth pen-pal system that refers your organisation to youth who most need it exactly when they need it. PLUS your organisation can get funding through the online platform UROK is built upon.

FREEDOM FITNESS PLUS - Youth get an education (earning real NCEA Unit Standards) with a gym membership included.

Learn more on these three subjects by scrolling down...

BLUE LIGHT

kidSMARTHANDBOOK and streetsmarthandbooks

Do you know youth curious about sex, drugs, legal stuff, leaving school, money, the education system, or driving?

Get the “Street smarthandbook” – the essential guide into adulthood.

Subjects covered:

Sexual health, cannibis, benzodiazepines, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, “P”, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, being sued, changing your name, leaving home, marriage, passports, Police, sexual assault, tattoos, body piercings, Wills, deciding on a career, the New Zealand Tertiary education system, student loans, universities, modern apprenticeships, accounts, loans, credit, credit cards and store cards, defaulting, learning to drive, disabilities and driving, buying a used car, paperwork, buying and selling, information about the forms, speed, penalties, safety belts and airbags, suspension of licences, driving offences, driving and alcohol and drugs, at the scene of an accident, reporting an accident, motorcycles, bicycles, mopeds, car insurance… and more!

Blue Light Life Skills and Leadership Camps 2012

What do the youth say about them?

“Learnt a lot and made a family out of strangers”

“Taught me never to give up on things, aim for the highest, and showed me how to enhance my future”

“Learnt different Leadership skills”

“Different from the usual; became a better person; helped me lead with dignity & to leanr to lead by good example; good activities; met new people and faced new challenges; developed leadership skills”

“Overcame situations I thought I couldn’t, found confidence, tested me physically and mentally, taught me more about myself, was exactly what I needed, drilled into me new life skills, hard but enjoyed it”

“Little overwhelming but amazing experience; once in a lifetime opportunity; realised important things in life & changed my attitude to a positive one”

“Met new people & made friends”

What do Parents / Teachers say about them?

“Who can I thank because I do not know what you have done with my boy but he is totally different. Are there any more such opportunities for him to go to?”

“I have noticed lots of positive changes in my child’s behaviour as a result of attending the Future Leaders course. I definitely think the skills my child learned will have a future benefit. Thank you very much to the Blue Light Division… we definitely need you and the programmes you run…”

“The teacher has reported a significant positive change in the classroom behaviour; we would like to make a permanent booking for children from our school…”

“My 17 year old son was leaving school unsure what he wanted to do, he attended the future leaders course on which he excelled. He subsequently jpoined the 6 weeks Limited Service Volunteers (LSV) and completed it successfully, based on his performance on the LSV course he was granted early entry into the Defence Force. This programme has helped him to focus and gave him clear direction for his career and subsequent future.

Here are the programme dates and locations:

Course Type	Age Range	Start Date	Finish Date	Location
Youth Life Skills	14-17	23-Jan-12	27-Jan-12	Wellington
Youth Life Skills	14-17	2-Apr-12	6-Apr-12	Christchurch
Youth Life Skills	14-17	23-Apr-12	27-Apr-12	Christchurch
Youth Life Skills	14-17	18-Jun-12	22-Jun-12	Wellington
Youth Life Skills	14-17	1-Jul-12	7-Jul-12	Christchurch
Youth Life Skills	14-17	9-Jul-12	13-Jul-12	Auckland
Youth Life Skills	14-17	16-Jul-12	20-Jul-12	Auckland
Youth Life Skills	14-17	30-Jul-12	3-Aug-12	Christchurch
Youth Life Skills	14-17	13-Aug-12	17-Aug-12	Wellington
Youth Life Skills	14-17	3-Sep-12	7-Sep-12	Auckland
Youth Life Skills	14-17	9-Sep-12	15-Sep-12	Christchurch
Youth Life Skills	14-17	24-Sep-12	28-Sep-12	Wellington
Youth Life Skills	14-17	15-Oct-12	19-Oct-12	Wellington
Youth Life Skills	14-17	26-Nov-12	30-Nov-12	Auckland
Youth Life Skills		3-Dec-12	7-Dec-12	Christchurch

New Blue light website is due up soon. From this you can Register for any of our events and activities (so you always know what is coming up). If you want to be advised when the site is up email wayne@bluelight.co.nz

YOUTH ON TRACK

Q. When is the best time to impart your wisdom to youth?

A. When youth seek it.

But that means being in exactly the right place at the right time. How can your organisation do that?

UROK is on its way. All youth providers need to be aware of this world first! UROK connects youth online to each other as well as youth providers. Youth will be able to organise all of their contacts, hold discussions between friends via Chat, email, Facebook. Twitter, or video call, with access permitted to all of this via computer or smart phone. If your organisation provides services to youth then by registering with UROK youth can better find you when they need you.

UROK is powered by an online platform called “Real Stew”. This platform enables youth activity online to be moderated by all youth providers registered with UROK. Youth are kept safer online because, with full compliance re privacy issues and with the welfare of the child paramount, the platform raises flags for the moderator (any organisation registered can moderate on UROK) when it suspects youth online at UROK are at-risk.

Real Stew is a community spirited platform that gives away over 1/3^rd of its worldwide profits to it's Member/Users (one of which you can become as an individual and/or as an organisation) and 5% of its worldwide profits are set aside for use by charitable community organisations – especially those with a focus on youth.

When your organisation successfully registers with UROK on Real Stew you get a FREE customised Weblet (which is a website with a very small footprint so it works easily on portable devices like smartphones, tablets, i-pad’s, and the like) plus you are able to be allocated your share of Real Stew’s worldwide profits.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2-4PM there is a UROK and Real Stew presentation at 33 Cochran Road, Oratia. Space is limited please RSVP to wayne@youthontrack.org.nz your intent to attend earliest possible convenience.

With over 1.25 million users in 44 countries, a goal of growing the user base to 100 million worldwide by the end of 2012, a separate goal of assisting all New Zealand beneficiaries to become independent of welfare, and to pay off the New Zealand debt of $7 Billion, Real Stew has a heart worthy of your support. To find out more about how Real Stew benefits charities check out http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/RealStewCharity.aspx

FREEDOM FITNESS PLUS

NCEA Learning Advisory

Freedom Fitness PLUS, in association with local businesses and Te Kura, are pleased to announce a Learning Advisory for 2012 at 33 Rawene Road, Birkenhead. If you seek a safe,friendly, and supportive atmosphere to gain NCEA Unit Standard credits in 2012 and you wish to take advantage of a complimentary gym membership (available only to students of the Learning Advisory) please contact freedomfitnessbirkenhead@gmail.com

Thursday 8 December 2011

Christmas 2011

Thank You

To all the wonderful members who made 2011 an exciting one at Freedom Fitness PLUS - Thank You! We wanted to take this opportunity to:

1) Wish you a fun Christmas time with friends, family, and loved ones.

2) Wish you get all the rest you need these holidays to start 2012 with gusto!

3) Inform you of a few important things.

Membership Offers

Lots of people have been asking, “How do memberships to Freedom Fitness PLUS work and how much are they?

1) Full Memberships (Kickboxing Group Fitness and 24/7 Gym)

Student/Beneficiary $40.00 per month

Adult $75.00 per month

2) Kickboxing Group Fitness or 24/7 Gym Only

Adult $55.00 per month

Note 1: 24/7 Gym Memberships require the purchase of an electronic key for $25.00. Replacement for key loss or damage is at the member’s cost.

Note 2: When accessing the gym after Rawene Centre hours members are not permitted to access the Rawene Centre through the toilets. Doing so will set off the alarms in the Rawene Centre zone which will result in a security call out. Charges for these will be passed on to the key holder.

3) Group or Club Offer

Do you have a social, community group, or club you hang out with? Why not come and talk to us about a special group membership arrangement? We are always happy to welcome new groups of people.

Also, if you are involved in a community group, why not invite them to do a fundraiser here at the gym? This is how it works.

Let’s say you are an active member at your local kindy. Why not let them know that they can invite all of the parents to kickboxing for a one-off at no charge? They can charge a fund-raising fee for their kindy for each participant. We get new people to a calls and the kindy raises some funds.

4) Upgrade today

Hey kick boxers, do you know we have a 24/7 cardio and fitness gym? All you need to do is purchase a key (for $25.00), pay the difference in membership rate (a full Membership instead of just the Kickboxing Membership rate) and you are in!

Hey 24/7 gymers, do you know we have a Kickboxing fitness timetable? This will work your cardio system as well as all three muscle fibre types. If you are keen on getting results in the gym this can help you immensely! All you need to do is pay the difference in membership rate (a full Membership instead of just the Kickboxing Membership rate) and you are in!

But wait, it’s Christmas time so we have a special upgrade offer between now and Christmas Day! Upgrade your membership before then and we will halve the upgrade rate from $20.00 per month to $10.00 per month. So instead of $75.00 per month for a full Membership you only pay $65.00 per month for the next year.

5) Off Shore Membership

Do you live south of the bridge and travel out of your way to get to Freedom?

If you do then, between now and Christmas Day, we will Upgrade your Membership at no extra charge. That means you can get full Kickboxing and 24/7 Gym Membership for $55.00 per month, plus the $25.00 key charge if you need one. This is only available to those who do not live on the North Shore and only until Christmas Day – so hurry!

6) One Month Unlimited Kickboxing Classes for $19.99

Kikcboxing Fitness Classes work the cardio system and all three muscle fibre types. You get the complete workout. You can purchase (for a friend or family member) one voucher for one month's worth of awesome Kickboxing fitness training at Freedom Fitness PLUS for less than $20.00! The voucher has a redemption life of three months from the date of purchase. This offer is only available until Christmas Morning, 25 December 2011.

7) Buchan Memberships

This is when an adult, (could be a Mum, a Dad, an Uncle, an Aunt, a Godfather, a Godmother, or just a kindly neighbour), can join Freedom Fitness PLUS at the rates mentioned here above and bring a youth along at no additional charge. There is a condition with regards to the age of the youth though.

If the youth is over 16 years of age then admission to the 24/7 gym is fine. If the youth is between the ages of 10 and 15 then they may attend the Kickboxing Group Exercise classes only. The only exception is if Personal Training with a REPS Registered PT like Scottie is engaged to supervise in-gym activity. The idea of these memberships is to provide an opportunity for youth and adults to form a working relationship together. So, in essence, we would expect the adult to attend the gym with the youth most of the time. In the case of youth aged 10 to 13 an adult must be present in the Kickboxing Group Exercise Classes at all times.

Our Vision for 2012

What is Freedom Fitness PLUS all about? You can read about our vision for Freedom here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/OurVision.aspx and it is also depicted in detail on the block wall inside the gym in brightly coloured chalk. Our vision reflects the community spirit at Freedom Fitness PLUS. Not all community interests are well funded so we rely on our membership to finance much of what we do. Members’ initials are also shown on the block wall inside the gym in brightly coloured chalk to show our thanks for their support. We wish to offer members the chance to personify their own initials on that wall.

Christmas BBQ

On Thursday, 22 December, after Scottie’s Kickboxing session there will be a gym BBQ. We will provide sausages with onions, mustard, sauce, buttered bread, and non-alcoholic beverages. Folks are welcome to bring a plate to share with salad or desert thereon and something else to drink if they wish. It is on this occasion members will be invited to personalise their initials in chalk (i.e. graffiti style) on the gym wall. Please RSVP your intention to attend:

Text or Cellphone – 021 176 4266

Landline – 09 282 3169

Email – freedomfitnessbirkenhead@gmail.com

CHC500 Challenge

The CHC500 is when we perform 500 kickboxing kicks in succession to raise funds for Christchurch. Before we do the kicks we need to do a couple of things:

Get sponsorship from family and friends. Get a sponsorship form here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/SpecialEvents.aspx

Train. You will want to come to as many kickboxing fitness group training sessions as you can between now and the event.

The CHC500 event will occur before the BBQ on Thursday, December 22, 2011.

Learning Advisory

Freedom Fitness PLUS, in association with Te Kura (NZ School of Correspondence), is proud to be hosting and delivering a Te Kura Learning Advisory out of Freedom Fitness PLUS. This is when students of Te Kura get face to face time with qualified teachers as they study towards NCEA Unit Standard Credits. They also receive a sponsored gym membership. We plan to be putting on supporting events such as skateboarding, media (movie-making), music, fitness, and drama sessions so that students get a full range of activities made available to them. For students 17 and under the whole thing is at no charge. A small fee will apply per study course for older students. Please let us know about any youth you are aware of who could benefit from this programme.

Bruce’s Corner

Bruce’s Corner is a full length feature film about a boxer being made at Freedom Fitness PLUS by Film Director, gym member, and media graduate, Adrian Frencken. Shooting starts the second week of 2012 (from 8 January). We are looking for anyone (though particularly youth) who are at a loose end (Hello? It will be the last few weeks of the school holidays so of course there will be plenty of those) and who want to learn all about how movies are shot or who want to actually be in a movie.

Part of the funding for the project will come from You Tube advertising work Adrian can put together. The days where all one needs to do, in order to attract business success, is to throw money at television and magazine advertising, are long gone. With the advent and development of web based marketing strategies such as social media growing your business easily, cheaply, and effectively is all about how creative you can be with your advertising. Adrian brings the creativity required and posts the results on your own You Tube channel to generate more customers for less money. Find out more here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/BrucesCorner.aspx

Youth on Track

Youth on Track is an organisation that provides mentoring services to local youth. We are in the process of setting a satellite of YOT up in our gym. More news to come as developments come to light.

Christmas Hours

The final kickboxing group fitness class for 2011 will be Thursday December 22, 2011.

The first kickboxing group fitness class for 2012 will be Monday January 9, 2012 but only Scottie's classes will be running initially. Dave's classes cannot re-commence until his return from holiday in the final week of January 2012.

If kickboxing members wish to access the 24/7 gym between Thursday December 22, 2011 and Monday January 9, 2012 as well as during Dave's holiday absence we can issue a key to the 24/7 gym (at a cost of $25.00) that will provide 24/7 access throughout the holiday period.

Communication

Telephone 09 282 3169

Cell (call or text) 021 176 4266

Email freedomfitnessbirkenhead@gmail.com

Website www.freedomfitness.co.nz

Blogspot http://freedomfitnessplus.blogspot.com/

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Friday 4 November 2011

It's Time for NZ Youth to Shine... but how?

The Plan:

Youth Shining in New Zealand

1) Relationship – Become relevant. No rapport = nil score. Include networks, family, peers

2) Consultation – Find out what the client wants, how they want it, and deliver it – just that way

3) Literacy - Basic facts and skill development (NCEA English and Maths)

4) Creativity – Nobody can build a house without a plan. Same with a life. Creativity is the key to planning

5) Gaps in generational perspectives – Promoting empathy

6) Choosing the right career (or finding purpose) – Try before you buy

7) Approaching things from a mature perspective – Playing the game in its entirety

8) Integration – Building community

9) The student becomes the Teacher – Building competency and capacity

Project Target Group

- Children and Youth 12-17

- Young persons 18-30

How did we identify the need for our approach?

- Co-operating with CYF

- Working with at-risk youth

- Speaking with and listening to community gatherings of groups concerned with education, employment and other current issues affecting youth

- Speaking with and listening to local business people

- Researching generation differences in perspectives and making some sense of where current approaches can be improved for greater effectiveness

Have we consulted with others?

(So far) there are (potentially) 21 partners in this project. That number is expected to grow. This project has been developed over the last 18 months. In that time many aspects of these ideas have been tried and tested. Most of these partners are directly involved in the local community so that we have the benefit of feedback from just about every level (from youth, to community organisations, to educators, and businesses, even our local MP).

What is our motivation for setting up this service/project?

Patriotism, fatherhood, a passion for and belief in youth, love of community, an ego driven need to prove that a problem from one angle is an opportunity from another, an inner conviction that we must be people who contribute positively and in an accountable fashion, and an unshakable belief that politicians and Government agencies cannot fix our communities without the participation of the communities themselves.

What skills/experience do we bring to the project?

Business (Sales, Marketing, Management – in NZ and International), mentoring, empathy, discipline, international perspectives, an awareness of and understanding of generational perspectives, planning, organisation, and execution.

Are we an approved provider to CYFS?

Undergoing this project currently.

How will the project be delivered?

Face to face, using various in-group and one-on-one formats, out of the Rawene Centre, 33 Rawene Road, Birkenhead.

What model or theory of service effectiveness will your project be based on?

Empathy. Empathy for all of the things the stake holders are looking for. The stake holders are:

- The client

- The community (as represented by individuals and organisations like the Salvation Army)

- Local businesses

- Education providers

- Government agencies

We have allowed for full reviews to be conducted so we can improve the programme further as we go.