KYS is a Youth One Stop Shop committed to providing the most effective services to meet the health and wellbeing needs of Kapiti youth. We’re passionate about providing services which truly make a difference and that means not only working closely with youth but also with families and the community.
All of our services are available free to Kapiti young people aged between 10 and 24 years, and include medical and nursing services, sexual health, clinical psychology, counselling, alcohol and drug services, social work, mentoring, parenting, peer support, transition to work, youth development, education programmes and therapeutic groups.
Since opening in 1996 we have worked hard for excellence, while improving and extending the services we offer to our 5,200 young people. The latest figures show we are meaningfully engaged with approximately 78% of Kapiti youth. (Census 2013 figures).