About Iliad Youth

Iliad Youth is a charitable trust started when Mac realised that there was no on-the-ground program specializing in working with young men at risk of becoming radicalised online.

At the time, he was working with at-risk young men in a youth justice role. While working with these young men, he explored their growing exposure and addiction to online narratives and their increasingly radical views. Mac realised that there was no one talking to young men and pushing back on this online world they inhabited.

In Christchurch, we understand what can happen if an angry young man spends too much time online, exposed to ideas that they cannot critically engage with, lacking maturity to interrogate the content they are consuming.

Iliad Youth was started to engage these young men from all walks of life, in a holistic and evidence-based manner.

Iliad Youth focuses on giving youth the tools to be critical thinkers about their own journey, become proficient in media deconstruction and grow from their experience.