Foundation for Youth Development
Statement on Budget 2009
The Foundation for Youth
Development welcomes the Government’s focus on education
and youth unemployment in its 2009 Budget and believes that
this a step along the road to achieving the best outcomes
for New Zealand’s young people.
Graeme Dingle,
Foundation for Youth Development Co-Founder and Mountaineer,
said “We are pleased that, in the 2009 Budget, the
Government has invested in the future of young New
Zealanders. We are also pleased to see the Budget tackling
growing levels of youth unemployment and implementing
measures to address it.”
“In these difficult economic
times, it is imperative that we are all doubly vigilant that
money is being spent where it is needed. Focus on the
development of youth must be maintained so our young people
are given every opportunity to achieve their potential, so
they become the positive force in our society that we need
them to
be.”
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