Skylight: Our advocacy role

Our advocacy role

skylight plays an active part in creating positive change for children, young people and their families who are facing tough times.

Each year many New Zealand children and young people are emotionally impacted by events that cause significant change, loss or grief in their lives—many quite seriously. The overall costs of this are high to our communities. Research in New Zealand and internationally confirms that children’s and young people’s loss and grief can impact their later lives considerably. It can affect learning and school life, social interaction, health, self-esteem, future relationships and life choices. Significant loss is very often evident in the backgrounds of youth involved in substance abuse, youth offending or suicide.

We take up opportunities to advocate for awareness and systemic change at national government, local government and organisation levels.

skylight works to highlight the real voices, and needs, of hurting and grieving children and young people throughout New Zealand.

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Our advocacy role

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