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Robot Project Canteen Aotearoa

Robot Project Canteen Aotearoa

Canteen’s mission is to be in the corner of every young person whose life is impacted by cancer. Set up in 1988, Canteen has evolved throughout the ...

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NZ Dementia Prevention Trust

NZ Dementia Prevention Trust

It is estimated that one in five New Zealanders will experience brain disease during their lifetime. Sadly, neurological diseases are among the top 5 ...

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Breathing easier at the Hastings RDA

Breathing easier at the Hastings RDA

The Hastings RDA has 62 children enrolled between the ages of 2 and 16. Undoubtedly the highlight for these children/riders is coming in each week ...

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Kindness Collective - Supporting children, families and communities to thrive.

Kindness Collective - Supporting children, families and communities to thrive.

Founded in 2013, the Kindness Collective began as a behind-the-scenes community group with friends and family, on a mission to make Aotearoa a kinder ...

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Fossil Creek Farm – It hugs you!

Fossil Creek Farm – It hugs you!

A safe, healing and calm environment where support is offered with aroha and respect. Fossil Creek Farm Trust has been created to heal our people, ...

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Neuro Connection Foundation

Neuro Connection Foundation

Since 1992, Neuro Connection Foundation has provided expert long term rehabilitation to those with neurological conditions such as Stroke, ...

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Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand

Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand

Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC) is the only national charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of patients and families living ...

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Gillies McIndoe Research Institute - Innovating Cancer Treatment

Gillies McIndoe Research Institute - Innovating Cancer Treatment

Despite progress in understanding cancer and disfiguring conditions, many patients still face limited treatment options, high treatment costs, and ...

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Upside Youth Mentoring Aotearoa

Upside Youth Mentoring Aotearoa

Upside Youth Mentoring Aotearoa are on a mission, their quest is to support change in Aotearoa New Zealand's young people with adverse childhood ...

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The Champion Centre Christchurch

The Champion Centre Christchurch

The Champion Centre provides multi-disciplinary early intervention services to infants and young children with significant disabilities and their ...

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New Boat for Sailability Wellington

New Boat for Sailability Wellington

Sailability Wellington is an inclusive sailing club for people with disabilities. With over 200 sailing members and 70 experienced volunteers, the ...

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Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter Trust

Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter Trust

In a life and death situation, every minute counts, and helicopter rescue – especially in rural or remote locations – is often the patient’s ...

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Achilles NZ runs the Queenstown Marathon

Achilles NZ runs the Queenstown Marathon

Achilles International New Zealand (Achilles NZ) provides New Zealanders with disabilities, from all across the country, the opportunity to ...

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Parkinson's New Zealand

Parkinson's New Zealand

Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. Today, 12,000 New Zealanders have Parkinson’s, i.e. 1 in 500 in the ...

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Gutter Kitties

Gutter Kitties

Gutter Kitties is Auckland's largest no-kill cat rescue and relies entirely on donations and public support.Danielle and her team of coordinators, ...

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Veterinary Emergency Response Team (Massey University Foundation)

Veterinary Emergency Response Team (Massey University Foundation)

The Massey University Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) is a specialist team, able to conduct technical animal rescues and perform in-field ...

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Bald Angels – Angels at Christmas

Bald Angels – Angels at Christmas

“From a small seed, great things will grow. Let’s plant the seed of hope in our children”. The above message draws great energy, and is no ...

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Blind Low Vision NZ / Guide Dogs

Blind Low Vision NZ / Guide Dogs

We believe it is absolutely essential that guide dogs in training get the best possible start to their careers.Sadly over the past few years, the ...

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Gut Cancer Foundation

Gut Cancer Foundation

The Gut Cancer Foundation is committed to positive change and creating an everlasting impact for all New Zealanders affected by gut cancers. This ...

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NZ Down Syndrome Association

NZ Down Syndrome Association

The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association’s (NZDSA) mission is to support, inform and advocate alongside people with Down syndrome, families, ...

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Gabby’s Starlit HOPE

Gabby’s Starlit HOPE

Putting smiles on the faces of kids in hospital and spreading her Random Acts of Kindness in children's wards all over New Zealand. This is the ...

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Mobility Dogs – Life Changing Loyalty

Mobility Dogs – Life Changing Loyalty

Dogs trained to provide practical support, companionship and security. Welcome to the world of Mobility dogs, canines that transform the lives of ...

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Auckland Puppy Rescue

Auckland Puppy Rescue

Assisting our canine community, Auckland Puppy Rescue are a dedicated charity who are entirely devoted to the welfare of puppies ranging from ...

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Stable to Stirrup – Horses Helping Human’s

Stable to Stirrup – Horses Helping Human’s

The Lindsay Foundation is pleased to assist Stable to Stirrup with the introduction of the Horses Helping Human’s™ programme in the Canterbury ...

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Huntington's Disease Association Auckland

Huntington's Disease Association Auckland

The Huntington’s Disease Association Auckland provides a valuable free service to people and their families who are impacted by the disease. ...

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Powering the SPCA

Powering the SPCA

For 140 years the SPCA has been the trusted voice for animal welfare in New Zealand, working with communities to prevent cruelty and rescuing and ...

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Rainbow Place

Rainbow Place

The Lindsay Foundation is proud to support Rainbow Place / Hospice Waikato, the only child-focused hospice service in New Zealand.Rainbow Place’s ...

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New Zealand Flying Doctors Service

New Zealand Flying Doctors Service

Further strengthening their support for the youngest members of our community, the Lindsay Foundation has come on board as the New Zealand Flying ...

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Project Employ – Flourish Café

Project Employ – Flourish Café

Project Employ’s vision is to create a community where young people with intellectual disabilities or learning differences are engaged in ...

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Equine Inspired CT – Nelson (Horse Helping Humans)

Equine Inspired CT – Nelson (Horse Helping Humans)

The Lindsay foundation are delighted to unpack and assist Equine Inspired Charitable Trust with the delivery of the marvellous, internationally ...

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Spirit of Adventure Trust – Inspirational Voyage

Spirit of Adventure Trust – Inspirational Voyage

Opening up opportunities for all is exactly what we are about. When the Spirit of Adventure approached us regarding their annual Inspiration Voyage, ...

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Philips Search & Rescue Trust – CPR Machines

Philips Search & Rescue Trust – CPR Machines

The Lindsay Foundation is thrilled to support Philips Search & Rescue Trust by providing vital mechanical CPR machines for their four central North ...

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Northland Community Foundation - Whangārei Children’s Ward Refurbishment

Northland Community Foundation - Whangārei Children’s Ward Refurbishment

The refurbishment of the children’s ward at Whangārei Hospital is focussed on creating a calm and caring environment to help support recovery and ...

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Horses Helping Humans Taranaki

Horses Helping Humans Taranaki

Horses Helping Humans™ is an internationally recognised award winning programme that was developed by Sue Spence in 2006. The programme targets ...

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Cystic Fibrosis NZ - Spirometer Support

Cystic Fibrosis NZ - Spirometer Support

Cystic Fibrosis NZ (CFNZ) is the only charity in New Zealand dedicated to supporting and improving the quality of life for people with Cystic ...

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Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust

Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust

Serving the Tasman region since 1991, the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust administers a professional air rescue service throughout the ...

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Woven Earth – Children’s Fund

Woven Earth – Children’s Fund

When Woven Earth founder Kerryn Thrupp returned to New Zealand she had one intention, kindness and passing it on. Kerryn activating that commitment ...

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Smart watches for our Kidney Kids

Smart watches for our Kidney Kids

Founded in 1990, Kidney Kids NZ looks after the care of children with chronic kidney disease. Unlike many other chronic illnesses, such as cancer and ...

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Hear for you - Combating Youth Hearing Loss

Hear for you - Combating Youth Hearing Loss

The National Foundation for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (NFDHH) is a national organisation representing over 880,000 New Zealanders affected by ...

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The Voices of Hope - A Moment with ... (Podcast series)

The Voices of Hope - A Moment with ... (Podcast series)

When Voices of Hope founders Jazz Thornton and Genevieve Mora started a conversation they quickly realised that their stories were part of a much ...

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Complex Chronic Illness Support – Waikato

Complex Chronic Illness Support – Waikato

The Lindsay Foundation is supporting community health agency Complex Chronic Illness Support (CCIS) to expand its services into the Waikato region. ...

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Creating a Home with Conductive Education Canterbury

Creating a Home with Conductive Education Canterbury

Supporting kids to “live their biggest lives” and “dream their biggest dreams” are just two of the beliefs woven into the fabric of ...

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Canterbury West Coast Rescue Helicopter

Canterbury West Coast Rescue Helicopter

The Lindsay Foundation is partnering with the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Service to support the cost of flying 120 paediatric missions each ...

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Rodney Animal Rescue – Keeping Warm and Dry this Winter

Rodney Animal Rescue – Keeping Warm and Dry this Winter

Alice Hayward started Rodney Animal Rescue to nurse sick animals back to health but also help to educate and give advice to owners about how to look ...

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Dingle Foundation – Kiwi Can

Dingle Foundation – Kiwi Can

Kiwi Can is an inspiring programme run by the Graeme Dingle Foundation which helps teach values and life skills to primary and intermediate schools ...

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Paralympics NZ – Tokyo 2020

Paralympics NZ – Tokyo 2020

The Lindsay Foundation is joining forces with Paralympics New Zealand to support the Para cycling team at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 summer games.With a ...

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Paw Justice – Operation SoS

Paw Justice – Operation SoS

Following on from the Woofstock and Ride for Justice campaigns, the Paw Justice team are undertaking a new campaign focussed on supporting animal ...

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Prostate Cancer Foundation

Prostate Cancer Foundation

With more than 600 men dying from prostate cancer each year, early detection and increasing awareness is key alongside improving diagnosis and ...

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Recovered Living NZ

Recovered Living NZ

Kristie Amadio has a bold vision to help the more than 100,000 Kiwis who are estimated to be living with an eating disorder.Last year Kristie started ...

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YES Disability – I.LEAD

YES Disability – I.LEAD

I.LEAD is a group that represents the voice of young people who have visible – and invisible – disabilities.Focussing on helping to bring about ...

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Taking to the skies with Uplift in Kind

Taking to the skies with Uplift in Kind

Uplift In Kind has a simple and heartfelt mission to give children who are going through a tough time a “distraction” and an experience they will ...

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Taku Wairua – The Waterboy

Taku Wairua – The Waterboy

Taku Wairua is a personal development programme focussed on helping young Kiwis to realise their potential and help build stronger communities. ...

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Blind Sport NZ – Accessible Sports Kits

Blind Sport NZ – Accessible Sports Kits

The Lindsay Foundation is delighted to partner with Blind Sport New Zealand (BSNZ) to roll out Accessible Sports Kits around New Zealand which will ...

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SPELD New Zealand

SPELD New Zealand

SPELD NZ is the country’s leading not-for-profit provider of assessment, tuition and support for those living with dyslexia and other specific ...

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Le Quesnoy, France - We Shall Remember Them

Le Quesnoy, France - We Shall Remember Them

Museum in France dedicated to Kiwi troops gets fundraising boost.(Project remembers soldiers who liberated small French town). The building of a new ...

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Creating opportunities at the Te Tuhi café

Creating opportunities at the Te Tuhi café

Te Tuhi’s café is Aotearoa’s first training café for people with intellectual disabilities, run in partnership with Rescare Homes Trust and the ...

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Taking that leap with Outward Bound

Taking that leap with Outward Bound

Since 1962 Outward Bound has been taking young New Zealander’s on epic journeys of self-discovery through outdoor challenge and adventure. Learning ...

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Supporting MND New Zealand

Supporting MND New Zealand

MND New Zealand supports people living with Motor Neurone Disease. They advocate for, educate and provide up-to-date information for people with MND ...

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The Rising Foundation – Ready to Achieve!

The Rising Foundation – Ready to Achieve!

Too many of our young people float through life, they feel directionless, baseless, confused, hurt and resentful. Some never discover who they are ...

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Race 4 Life Trust

Race 4 Life Trust

The aim of Race 4 Life Trust is to enable people, living with life limiting illness, to realize dreams that they, and their families, can ...

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Halberg and Lindsay Foundations form community partnership

Halberg and Lindsay Foundations form community partnership

The Lindsay Foundation has come together with the Halberg Foundation to support New Zealanders with disabilities who are living in disadvantaged ...

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WELL Foundation – adding the final touch to Waitakere’s Special Care Baby Unit

WELL Foundation – adding the final touch to Waitakere’s Special Care Baby Unit

Giving birth to a premature or unwell baby can be a very hard time for a mother so being able to stay together during a time when they need each ...

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Recreate NZ – life changing experiences for young people with disabilities

Recreate NZ – life changing experiences for young people with disabilities

Recreate New Zealand provides outstanding social and recreational services to young people with disabilities. The organisation has operated in ...

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Waikato Family Centre – support for mums, bubs and families

Waikato Family Centre – support for mums, bubs and families

The thrill of becoming a first-time parent is a feeling you never forget. However, it can also be an incredibly difficult time if a new-born or ...

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Conductive Education Taranaki – inspired a chance meeting with Craig and Zak

Conductive Education Taranaki – inspired a chance meeting with Craig and Zak

When Craig Nielsen and his son Zak appeared on One News Breakfast and revealed how close they were to having to stop their service for “kids with ...

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Taking the next step with The CatWalk Trust

Taking the next step with The CatWalk Trust

A world free of paralysis caused by spinal cord injury – that’s the world The CatWalk Trust asks its supporters to imagine.Now the most exciting ...

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Youth in Transition the Journey Back to Awesome

Youth in Transition the Journey Back to Awesome

Tina Jones, the founder of Youth in Transition, spent eight years working with Police and victim support in the suicide bereavement team. Dismayed at ...

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Inspiring children to make healthy choices – Life Education Trust Counties-Manukau

Inspiring children to make healthy choices – Life Education Trust Counties-Manukau

Life Education was established in New Zealand in 1988 with the aim to educate primary school children on the importance of the human body and how it ...

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Getting onboard the Nelson ARK

Getting onboard the Nelson ARK

Nothing compares to the love and adoration that dogs can have for people, no judgments or misgivings, just 100 percent focused on you. The Nelson ARK ...

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'Beds for Kids' staying warm this winter with Variety NZ

'Beds for Kids' staying warm this winter with Variety NZ

Every day more than 1 in 4 Kiwi kids go without the basics most of us take for granted. This has a profound impact on their health, education and ...

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Turning on the sound with the Cochlear Implant Foundation

Turning on the sound with the Cochlear Implant Foundation

The Hearing House’s mission to assist people with hearing loss, enabling them to hear, communicate and participate in society to their full ...

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Adding some lift to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter

Adding some lift to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter

2020 marks 50 years since the establishment of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter – the world’s first civilian rescue helicopter service.Averaging ...

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“There when the unimaginable happens”

“There when the unimaginable happens”

For the past 16 years, Waikato based charity True Colours Children’s Health Trust has been there for more than 2000 children and families to ...

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Lindsay Foundation Partners with K9MD to take on a second killer cancer

Lindsay Foundation Partners with K9MD to take on a second killer cancer

It started with the Lindsay Foundation supporting K9 Medical Detection (K9MD) and its specially trained dogs to detect bowel cancer – and now the ...

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Gumboot Friday stages Lockdown-friendly celebration

Gumboot Friday stages Lockdown-friendly celebration

With the second annual Gumboot Friday falling on the first Friday of Lockdown, organisers of the fundraising event for kids’ mental health ...

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Lessening the impact of grief for young Kiwis

Lessening the impact of grief for young Kiwis

When serious illness or bereavement occurs within a family, everyone is affected. For children and young people, the impact of grief can be intense, ...

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Autism New Zealand Grand Opening of Australasia’s First Autism Resource Centre

Autism New Zealand Grand Opening of Australasia’s First Autism Resource Centre

Autism New Zealand is set to open Australasia’s first Autism Resource Centre on the 20th of February 2020. The building, located in Petone, was ...

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Exciting milestone reached in the construction of the Pet Refuge shelter

Exciting milestone reached in the construction of the Pet Refuge shelter

When it comes to pouring concrete, a fine day and all hands-on deck are crucial! This is exactly what happened in late February at the Pet Refuge ...

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Lindsay Foundation partners with Sweet Louise

Lindsay Foundation partners with Sweet Louise

Scott Perkins wife Louise was diagnosed with cancer at a very young age and given just two years to live. Yet with her vibrant, selfless and entirely ...

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Breathe easy with Asthma NZ and the Mobile Nurse Educators

Breathe easy with Asthma NZ and the Mobile Nurse Educators

Breathing easy is something that we all take for granted, but for 1 in 7 New Zealand children it can be a difficult and frightening experience.Asthma ...

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Growing great brains for generations to come

Growing great brains for generations to come

Brainwave, an organisation helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds reach their full potential, has received funding from the Lindsay ...

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The future looks bright with Auckland Health Foundation & Eyesi

The future looks bright with Auckland Health Foundation & Eyesi

A state-of-the-art simulator that enables surgeons to practice delicate eye procedures has been funded by The Lindsay Foundation in a partnership ...

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Wait no longer – Lindsay Foundation partners with Upside Downs

Wait no longer – Lindsay Foundation partners with Upside Downs

The Lindsay Foundation is partnering with the Upside Downs Education Trust to help provide speech therapy for more children with Downs Syndrome. The ...

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Helping to build more warm, dry, affordable homes

Helping to build more warm, dry, affordable homes

The Lindsay Foundation is backing a new initiative that brings together investors and community housing providers to build more affordable homes for ...

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Generosity flows at Karaka

Generosity flows at Karaka

The generosity of a number of thoroughbred industry kingpins has led to more than $300,000 being raised for the CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Research ...

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Proudly supporting the Precision Paediatric Cancer Project

Proudly supporting the Precision Paediatric Cancer Project

Cure Kids is New Zealand’s leading funder of child health research outside the Government and since 1971 has supported research to improve, extend ...

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Training to save lives

Training to save lives

A new machine at the Auckland DHB will enable health professionals to practice CPR skills on a regular basis and help them save valuable lives. The ...

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Mentoring Makes a Difference

Mentoring Makes a Difference

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Kent Coulter was seeing many boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring ...

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NZer of the year nominee ‘feels like a weight has been lifted’

NZer of the year nominee ‘feels like a weight has been lifted’

When Janine Hinton, founder of Saving Hope Foundation read the email from Andrew, she couldn’t quite believe it was true.Since July 2017, Janine & ...

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A safe haven in tough times for over 300 children each year

A safe haven in tough times for over 300 children each year

Since 1925 Canterbury’s Cholmondeley House has been providing short-term emergency and planned respite care and education to children (aged 3-12 ...

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Helping young people with disabilities to ‘Get their Jam on!’

Helping young people with disabilities to ‘Get their Jam on!’

All over New Zealand, StarJam inspires young people with disabilities (Jammers) to express themselves through music, dance, singing and ...

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‘Man’s best friend’ could be the key to detecting cancer early

‘Man’s best friend’ could be the key to detecting cancer early

The Lindsay Foundation is joining forces with K9MD, Otago University & the Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust to research the development of a screening ...

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Third Annual Heart Kids Camp

Third Annual Heart Kids Camp

Around 90 kids, 45 helpers and medical staff have gathered for a full week of activities, fun and friendship at One Big Adventure Park in Henderson, ...

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Ready for Takeoff - Lindsay Foundation partners with Starship Air Ambulance

Ready for Takeoff - Lindsay Foundation partners with Starship Air Ambulance

Last year, the Starship National Air Ambulance flew 183 retrieval missions to almost every region in New Zealand to collect children from any ...

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The Lindsay Foundation RAV4 receives the Woof of approval

The Lindsay Foundation RAV4 receives the Woof of approval

What a great day with the team from Assistance Dogs. Gorgeous H litter pups Heidi and Harry, with big sister Jojo stole the show. They were suitably ...

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Helping make an inclusive workplace part of every Kiwi kid’s future

Helping make an inclusive workplace part of every Kiwi kid’s future

At the Lindsay Foundation, we believe that the opportunity for meaningful employment should be a part of every Kiwi kid’s future. Currently, ...

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Teaming up with Anxiety New Zealand

Teaming up with Anxiety New Zealand

The Lindsay Foundation is pleased to announce a partnership initiative with Anxiety New Zealand. The setup and development of an Education Program ...

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Lindsay Foundation lines up with the team at START

Lindsay Foundation lines up with the team at START

The Lindsay Foundation is partnering with our friends at the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust (START) to increase awareness, provide ...

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LF partners with Autism NZ to build the Autism Resource Centre

LF partners with Autism NZ to build the Autism Resource Centre

The Lindsay Foundation is delighted to announce its partnership with Autism NZ. Our support and resource will be directed towards the development of ...

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Pet Refuge launch

Pet Refuge launch

Trustee’s Cameron and Jo Lindsay along with our Foundation CEO Andrew Higgott and partner Tracy were in attendance at the Official Pet Refuge ...

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Adding some Drive to the Downlights team

Adding some Drive to the Downlights team

The Lindsay Foundation is delighted to assist Downlights NZ with the use of brand new 9-seater Ford Tourneo van. This will assist Downlights with ...

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Lindsay Foundation joins the Working Together More fund

Lindsay Foundation joins the Working Together More fund

The six current members of the Working Together More Fund (WTMF) are delighted that the Lindsay Foundation has decided to join the Fund. In ...

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