At Abilities Group, we\u2019re a recycling charity with a heart for people with disabilities. Our aim is to enrich their lives by offering fulfilling work opportunities for disabled people. At the same time, we\u2019re also dedicated to protecting the environment and reducing waste. We offer comprehensive recycling services for a wide range of materials, such as electronic waste, paper, batteries, cardboard, and polystyrene. By helping to keep these materials out of landfill, we\u2019re doing our part in working towards a cleaner, greener world. Our goal is to create a brighter future not just for individuals with disabilities, but for all members of our communities and future generations.<\/p>","impact":"
We help our community in two ways, the first is our promotion and commitment to Disability Employment. We currently employ over 100 disabled staff and believe that everyone in our community deserves the chance to lead a fulfilling life. Meaningful and consistent employment not only changes the lives of our employees with disability but also their families.<\/p>
Our second contribution goal relates to environmental protection and recycling. We are dedicated to reducing waste and minimising environmental impact by promoting our recycling services across Auckland, wider Aotearoa and overseas. We continue to expand the recycling services we provide to public and corporate customers with the ever-growing list of items that can be recycled by us. This means less waste in landfill creating a greener future for all New Zealanders for generations to come.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","use":"
We believe that reusing is better than recycling and many electronic items that are disposed of today (especially laptops) can have a second life! We have a process where we clear the data on the laptop to then re-sell the reconditioned laptops online. They are often purchased by communities and school groups, where laptops would otherwise not be available to children. We will use the Delivering for Good courier services to send these laptops to their new homes to be used again. This helps those who may not be able to afford a laptop, creates a positive environmental impact and provides more funding to employ staff with disabilities.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cWe are excited to be part of the NZ Post Delivering for Good Programme. This will help us make a positive impact on the environment whilst also helping provide employment opportunities for people in our communities living with disabilities\u201d Peter Fraher, Managing Director Abilities Group","video_link":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3EVyP8PX0T\/"},{"name":"The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP)","slug":"scip","intro":"Dedicated to helping children and adults with profound hearing loss to gain or regain access to hearing and spoken communication through cochlear implants.","about":"
The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) is dedicated to helping children and adults with profound hearing loss, who gain insufficient benefit from hearing aids, to gain or regain access to hearing and spoken communication through cochlear implants.<\/p>
SCIP provides cochlear implant assessment, surgery and follow-up audiology and rehabilitation care from two mains sites in Wellington and Christchurch, with visiting clinics in nine regional centres as well as other outreach services. SCIP employs 26 part and full-time staff, in clinical, administrative, and management roles.<\/p>","impact":"
Chances are that most people know someone who is affected by hearing loss. For people who are affected, profound hearing loss can be isolating and distressing. The benefits of a Cochlear Implant (CI) are life changing. Improving hearing has significant benefits to the individual as well as to their family and whanau, connecting, or reconnecting people, with home, school, work, and their communities.<\/p>
The team of SCIP specialists support the full spectrum of a CI journey, from initial assessment through to post-surgery rehabilitation.<\/p>
Patients are never discharged from SCIP as we look after a CI recipient\u2019s equipment for its lifetime. A SCIP patient is a patient for life. Our programme has grown significantly in the last 21 years, as we now provide services to 1084 adults and 265 children with cochlear implants. We have 106 adults on our waiting list, with the number increasing everyday.<\/p>","use":"
Our youngest patient is 3 months and our oldest is 93 years \u2013 we are a cradle to grave service. Our patients have a lifetime of costs associated with maintaining their Cochlear Implant (CI) speech processor. Delivering the parts for free helps to alleviate the expenses these people face for the rest of their lives. Removing the courier charge also enables our patients to get their parts as soon as they\u2019re needed.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cWe serve over 1,300 people many in rural locations. Courier services are a lifeline for people who need spare parts for their equipment. It is the difference between hearing and being connected to community, and isolation and disconnection if they are not able to access a good courier service.\u201d<\/em> - Neil Heslop, SCIP CEO","video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1gHyjSttQwU"},{"name":"Blind Low Vision NZ","slug":"blindlow","intro":"Supporting people who are blind, deafblind or have low vision with counselling and rehabilitation to promote learning of new skills for adaptive daily living, orientation, and mobility.","about":" Originally established in 1890, Blind Low Vision NZ is a charity supporting people who are blind, deafblind or have low vision. We support and equip people with the knowledge, skills, tools and technology to manage their daily lives, enjoy the written word, communicate, and get around. We provide counselling and rehabilitation to promote learning of new skills for adaptive daily living, orientation and mobility. Assistive tools and technology can open up a world of communication, reading, employment, recreation and socialization. We\u2019re driven by taking action to gain accessibility and inclusion for all.<\/p>","impact":" Our mission is to empower people who are blind, deafblind or low vision to live the life they choose. We aim to equip people of all ages to achieve their potential and enjoy a high quality of life. Our work promotes people\u2019s health and wellbeing to maximise their mobility, independence and self-reliance. We support them to thrive through social connectedness and lifelong learning opportunities so they can be active members of their communities. We lead the disability sector to advance societal change to make New Zealand a country where equal opportunity is the norm.<\/p>","use":" Blind Low Vision NZ will use the free courier services to send nutritious dog food kindly donated by our partner, Royal Canin, to all of our guide dogs in service and puppies in training across the country on a monthly basis.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cIt [this opportunity] means we can ensure all dogs on our programme, both in training and actively working in the community, have access to the highest quality nutrition on a consistent and regular basis.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Peter Hoskin, Head of Guide Dogs","video_link":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=712319324015979"},{"name":"Blue Light Ventures Incorporated","slug":"bluelight","intro":"In partnership with Police volunteers, provide programmes, events, and services, to empower the youth to reach their full potential by re-engaging them in their education.","about":" Blue Light is a not-for-profit charity working in partnership with the Police using a strength\u2019s-based, youth development approach to improve outcomes for young people in Aotearoa. Blue Light has been delivering programmes, activities, events, and services across the country for over 40 years through nationwide staff and local Police who volunteer in our 78 branches in local communities. \n\t\t\t\tOne key element of Blue Light\u2019s vision of empowering every young person to reach their full potential is our work to re-engage young people in education. This involves working with young people and their families to identify and remove some of the short-term barriers to their attendance, by providing resources (e.g., stationery), participation cost cover (e.g., school sports fees), technology (e.g., laptops), uniforms, and transport solutions.<\/p> Our work also involves identifying and gaining support to address some of the longer-term barriers to education including poverty, transient housing, and mental health challenges.<\/p>","impact":" Blue Light works with over 100,000 young people across Aotearoa through our programmes, events, activities, and services.<\/p> We aim to remove the barriers to young people\u2019s positive participation in their communities, and provide opportunities for young people\u2019s self-development, confidence, and skill building.<\/p> We strive to enable connections to be made between young people and their communities\/culture and tailor programmes based on the needs of the young person and their local community.<\/p> Each year Blue Light works with over 4,000 young people and their families to re-engage them in education, by identifying and removing the short-term barriers and obtaining wrap-around support for young people and their families who experience more complex, systemic challenges.<\/p>","use":" Continually identifying and removing the barriers young people face in re-engaging in education is critical to their sustained participation. We send many items like uniforms, shoes, and backpacks directly to young people by courier because the sooner we re-engage them in education, the better the outcome. This also allows Blue Light to spend more time connecting directly with young people and their families to understand and address their individual needs.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cBlue Light believes education is critical part of our young people\u2019s future success and wellbeing\u201d. \u201cHaving our courier costs covered by NZ Post means we are able to get essential resources like uniforms, backpacks, and stationery, out to young people in a fast and efficient way to support them re-engaging in education sooner.\u201c<\/em> - Brendon Crompton, CEO","video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_zkkArknk0"},{"name":"The Nest Collective NZ Charitable Trust","slug":"nestcollective","intro":"The Nest Collective provides free baby essentials for families in need.","about":" The Nest Collective provides free baby essentials for families in need. We provide families with packs of baby essentials including clothing, toys, bedding, books, safety items and more. Each p\u0113pi (baby) pack contains over 150 items selected to support a child\u2019s wellbeing and safety for their first year of life, and beyond.<\/p> We believe every baby in Aotearoa should come into the world with the items they need to thrive. We rely on social workers, kai\u0101whina (assistants), midwives, nurses, and other local community partners to send these items out to families who need them most.<\/p> In addition to addressing childhood inequity and material hardship, our mahi is driven by our sustainability values. We ensure that quality, pre-loved baby items make their way to families in need, rather than landfills. Our community of 1,000+ crafters create new baby items whilst also mending, repurposing, and upcycling to provide beautiful items for those in need.<\/p>","impact":" The Nest Collective aims to address inequity, enhance living standards, and alleviate financial strain for families by providing essential baby items for the first year of life. Early intervention is crucial, as the first years significantly shape lifelong outcomes.<\/p> Each year we provide over 900 babies with the items they need to thrive - totalling more than 150,000 baby items gifted to those in need for free. These packs are distributed by over 100 local Community Partners including social workers, midwives and kai\u0101whina (assistants).<\/p> With branches in Auckland, Gisborne, K\u0101piti, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin - our impact is felt beyond these communities as we increasingly also support those in remote, rural or under-served areas.<\/p>","use":" Thanks to NZ Post covering our courier costs, we can expand our reach to provide p\u0113pi ( baby) packs filled with essential baby items to more families across Aotearoa, especially those in remote or underserved areas. This will ease the workload for our community partners like social workers and midwives.<\/p> On top of this, it will facilitate resource sharing among our branches and allow us to accept donations of pre-loved and handcrafted items in areas that we otherwise couldn\u2019t. A greater flow of donations will ultimately mean more capacity to provide support to more families in need.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cAt a time when many families across Aotearoa are struggling, this will enable us to support far more families in need by providing them with free baby items for the first year of life. This will make a huge difference to many p\u0113pi (babies) and wh\u0101nau (families).\u201d<\/em> - Natalia Karacaoglu, National Manager and Founder."},{"name":"Dignity NZ","slug":"dignity","intro":"Dignity is changing the game for periods, paving the way for a brighter, more inclusive future where nobody is held back by the limitations of their periods.","about":" With a vision of achieving period equity in Aotearoa, Dignity is changing the game for periods, paving the way for a brighter, more inclusive future where nobody is held back by the limitations of their periods.<\/p> Dignity\u2019s mission is to make period products accessible to everyone who needs them so that no one misses out on work, education, sport, or anything else in life.<\/p> Founded in 2017, Dignity supports communities all across the motu(country) through our Give Partners who include Women\u2019s Refuges, Pataka Kai \/ Foodbanks, Youth Support Centres, Community Centres and more.<\/p> These partners receive free, gifted organic period products through our Buy-One, Give-One initiative to distribute to their communities.<\/p> Dignity also empowers workplaces to become more equitable and enhance wellbeing by providing free period products for their staff.<\/p>","impact":" In the community, Dignity has gifted 1,095,048 individual period products to people through 250 Give Partners. These period products have enabled individuals to attend work or school when they otherwise would have missed out. Access to these products has provided a hygienic way to manage a period for those who previously used makeshift options. Gifting period products empowers a sense of worthiness, support, and sparks conversations to reduce stigma.<\/p> In the workplace,135 Impact Partner organisations are providing period products in their bathrooms. This helps to reduce the stigma of periods in their workplace and relieves the stress of being caught short while at work.<\/p>","use":" These courier services will be used to send period products to both our Give Partners and Impact Partners. Regular gifting of period products to our Give Partners will help ensure they always have products available for those people without access. Regular deliveries of period products will help our Impact Partners ensure products are always available in their workplace bathrooms.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cHaving access to free shipping means we are able to invest in ways to grow our impact and continue creating period equity for Aotearoa.\u201d<\/em> - Amy, Operations and Impact Manager","video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QUZjJE-5G3U"},{"name":"Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ","slug":"pcfnz","intro":"Aiming to significantly reduce, and ultimately end, suffering from prostate and testicular cancer.","about":" The Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ aims to significantly reduce, and ultimately end, suffering from prostate and testicular cancer. We work towards this through support, education, advocacy and research.<\/p> Support is made available through a range of options, including free in-person and remote services, nurse-led information service, 24\/7 counselling, Rainbow Blue peer support for the GBTIA+ community, and an online support forum. We have a national network of volunteers providing holistic support and fellowship through more than 45 support groups.<\/p> We help those experiencing treatment-related hardship, and offer physical programmes to improve both the physical and mental health of patients.<\/p> We are committed to being the voice of all those living with prostate or testicular cancer. We represent their interests to government, health and medical agencies to improve standards of care across Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/p>","impact":" A cancer diagnosis can be a major life stress, affecting not only the individual concerned, but their family and friends too. We are there for them when they need it the most.<\/p> Demand for our services is growing exponentially. Over 40 support groups have built a solid foundation of knowledge, understanding and fellowship in communities around the country.<\/p> We have 20 volunteer Education Ambassadors who spread awareness of the vital role individuals and their loved ones can play in early detection. Our research and advocacy is having a direct impact on the lives of patients and families in one of New Zealand\u2019s most challenged areas within healthcare.<\/p>","use":" We are a community-funded charity, with no financial government support, relying on the generosity of New Zealanders to carry out our essential work. Free courier services will enable us to dedicate more donor funds to delivering our core support services and outreach programmes.<\/p> We send resources, event collateral and equipment to individuals, community groups and workplaces across the country. Patients, families, healthcare professionals and our volunteers rely on our ability to courier items anywhere in the country, from our Auckland base.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cPeople affected by prostate cancer need resources that they can trust to help them in what may be one of the most challenging times of their life. We thank NZ Post for their generous contribution to ensure we can get vital materials to those that most need it around NZ.\u201d<\/em> - Peter Dickens, Chief Executive","video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/894690553"},{"name":"Foster Hope Charitable Trust","slug":"fosterhope","intro":"Providing necessities, e.g. backpacks with pyjamas, toiletries, and other age-appropriate items to children in care for a smooth transition into a new environment with new caregivers.","about":" Established in 2010, Foster Hope Charitable Trust believes that every child in care deserves to know that their community cares about them. From those early days when two women formed the charity, one a caregiver herself realising the need for a practical solution when a child arrives in the middle of the night with very little and in some cases just a rubbish bag of belongings.<\/p> We provide necessities to children in care for a smooth transition into a new environment with new caregivers. Our backpacks are a symbol of hope and a bring a sense of belonging during what can be an incredibly stressful and traumatic period in their lives. Our backpacks contain items such as pyjamas, toiletries, a cuddly toy, books, underwear, and other age-appropriate items.<\/p>","impact":" Foster Hope Charitable Trust has helped thousands of vulnerable children in care and their caregivers over the last 14 years during those crucial first days together. By offering practical support, we enable caregivers to prioritise the emotional needs of the children as they enter new environments. We have found that many of these children have never owned their own pair of new pyjamas, and in some case their own toothbrush. Providing them with a few personal items that they can call their own can have a profound impact in fostering a sense of ownership and self-worth.<\/p>","use":" As a national charity with branches spanning the country, we dispatch thousands of backpacks every year to support local communities. Free courier services will make a big difference, as we currently reply on the dedication of our amazing volunteers and their networks that our backpacks reach their destinations.<\/p>","quote":"We wholeheartedly embrace the quote expressed by Paul Shane Shear: \u201cAs one person, I cannot change the world, but I can change the world for one person.\u201c With this support, we are enabled to make a meaningful impact in the lives of these children, one child at a time."},{"name":"New Zealand Land Search and Rescue","slug":"nzlsar","intro":"Land Search and Rescue is a national volunteer organisation which provides search and rescue assistance to the lost, missing and injured across New Zealand.","about":" Land Search and Rescue is a national volunteer organisation which provides search and rescue assistance to the lost, missing and injured across New Zealand. We have over 3,300 trained search and rescue volunteers who are members of 64 local groups covering the length and breadth of New Zealand.<\/p> Our volunteers operate in suburban, urban, wilderness and rural areas including regional and forest parks, shorelines and caves. Our unpaid professionals offer their specialist search and rescue skills free to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the New Zealand Police and the Rescue Coordination Centre. There are also specialist disciplines such as Land Search and Rescue Dogs, CaveSAR, CanyonSAR, Alpine Cliff Rescue (ACR) and RiverSAR who operate on a local level where there is a requirement for these specialist skills.<\/p>","impact":" Land Search and Rescue provide professionally trained volunteer responders everywhere for everyone. We assist the lost, missing, and injured across Aotearoa New Zealand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<\/p> From July 2023 to June 2024, our volunteers dedicated over 100,000 hours to training, exercises and operations and were involved in 456 operations, saving the lives of 35 people and bringing a further 321 people home safely to their families. A quarter of those operations were to assist cognitively impaired people and our work continues in this space to provide more resources to allow them to live in their communities more safely.<\/p>","use":" Free courier services will free up some of our limited resources allowing our volunteers to receive the essential lifesaving training and equipment they need to service the public effectively and efficiently. Access to training resources and lifesaving equipment and the provision of WanderSearch devices to those more at-risk people in our communities are central to our ability to deliver a world class service to everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to have been selected for free courier services. This support will make a real difference to our organisation allowing us to better support our volunteers in their role of assisting the lost, missing and injured across Aotearoa New Zealand.\u201d<\/em> - Katie Arden, Fundraising Manager","video_link":"\/assets\/video\/nzlsar_social_sponsors.mp4"},{"name":"Burnett Foundation Aotearoa","slug":"burnett","intro":"The Burnett Foundation Aotearoa has been at the forefront of the community response to HIV for nearly 40 years, including advocacy, education, and support.","about":" Burnett Foundation Aotearoa has been at the forefront of the community response to HIV in Aotearoa for nearly 40 years. Key workstreams of advocacy, education, and support have always been our key pillars. With the same passion and commitment as those who came before us, Burnett Foundation Aotearoa continues to prevent HIV transmission, combat stigma and maximise the wellbeing of those most affected by HIV. We have centres in T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland, Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington and \u014ctautahi Christchurch. We provide HIV and STI testing, counselling, group support and other services at these centres as well as remotely for people anywhere in New Zealand.<\/p>","impact":" We have a big impact to people in the Rainbow and Takat\u0101pui community by providing essential mental, physical and sexual health services. Last year we provided over 770,000 condoms, 6,548 HIV tests, 3,464 STI tests, and 683 counselling sessions to people in the community. We also educated 332 healthcare workers through our online modules and educated 650 people through face-to-face community events. Burnett Foundation Aotearoa also has community-led behaviour-change marketing, which encourages prevention and testing by providing information, motivation, and support to overcome barriers.<\/p>","use":" Free courier services will be used to send HIV and STI prevention tools to individual people, bars, and sex-on-site venues nationwide. These prevention tools include HIV self-test kits, STI tests, condom fit kits (where people can find the right size condom for themselves), and condom & lubricant packs.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cThese free courier services will have a massive impact on our ability to provide free HIV and STI prevention tools to those who need them the most. This also allows us to reinvest our money and resources back into our community, instead of putting it aside for courier costs.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Rodrigo Olin German, Head of Services and Outreach"},{"name":"Anxiety New Zealand Trust","slug":"anxiety","intro":"Anxiety NZ Trust provides education, support and treatment for children, young people, adults and elderly who experience anxiety and related mental health challenges.","about":" For more than 40 years, Anxiety NZ Trust has provided education, support and treatment for children, young people, adults and elderly who experience anxiety and related mental health challenges. Last year, Anxiety New Zealand responded to and supported over 200,000 kids, teens, adults and families from all over the country through our free 24\/7 National 0800 Anxiety Helpline, clinical services, peer support groups, community education, social media channels, and wide range of online and printable resources.<\/p> We have a small, dedicated team and approximately 75 trained Helpline volunteers living all around New Zealand who respond to our National Helpline callers. We are also supported by 12 administration volunteers.<\/p>","impact":" Each year, around 20,000 individuals contact our National Helpline from all over NZ\/Aotearoa. At the end of each call, people are asked to share how they are feeling; invariably they report that their anxiety has subsided, they feel more empowered and in control. They value the advice given, know how to seek social and service support, and are more able to be involved with their family\/community.<\/p> Through our free 24\/7 0800 National Helpline and our online and community education resources, we support kiwis of all ages and ethnicities across New Zealand, to improve their wellbeing, health, and resilience.<\/p> During Stress Awareness Month, we provided free access to our online course Empowered. A course participant shared: \u201cThe stress awareness month course was very helpful to me and has provided me with tools to manage my daily anxiety. Their newsletters also make me feel less alone.\u201c<\/p>","use":" We will compile packs of resources and send them countrywide to 2000 organisations, services, institutions and community centres in cities, towns and remote areas. Mental health services can be minimal or hard-to-access in these areas.<\/p> The resource packs will contain informational material, on the prevalence of anxiety, how best to support those affected, and information about our free all-year-round 24\/7 National Anxiety Helpline.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cThis successful outcome from NZ Post\u2019s Delivering for Good Programme couldn\u2019t be more timely for Anxiety NZ! Over the coming year, thanks to NZ Post, we will courier these valuable resource packs to organisations nationwide for sharing with their staff, colleagues, clients and other community groups and members.\u201d<\/em> - Sarah Woollard, CEO"},{"name":"Live for More","slug":"liveformore","intro":"Live for More is a charity that works with vulnerable, high-risk rangatahi (youth) to empower them to find freedom from their troubled pasts (drugs, alcohol and crime).","about":" Live for More is a charity that works with vulnerable, high-risk rangatahi (youth) to empower them to find freedom from their troubled pasts (drugs, alcohol and crime). We inspire them to live positive and fulfilling lives. We build strong healthy, lasting relationships with rangatahi (youth) through our surf therapy programmes.<\/p> Surf therapy has an amazing capacity to facilitate engagement, a positive physical outlet, increase connection and belonging. We provide clinical counselling, practical life navigation skills, mentoring and cultural sessions.<\/p> All aim to empower self-belief, confidence and a positive outlook. With renewed understanding of life and purpose, their identity, potential and culture, we see rangatahi (youth) finding the freedom to thrive.<\/p> We transform troubled lives \u2013 one wave at a time.<\/p>","impact":" We\u2019re proud of our impact with the high-risk young men that are participating in our surf therapy programmes. We support them into full time work, education, or just becoming free from unproductive lifestyles.<\/p> The flow-on impact includes becoming a more active and engaged member of their wh\u0101nau (family) whilst providing a legal stable income.<\/p> This in turn will impact the wider community, as these young men improve their prosocial behaviours, they become less reliant on social welfare and break the generational links to crime, gangs and unhealthy lifestyles.<\/p>","use":" The free courier services will really enable us to use courier services to get out communications and promotions more quickly, effectively, and efficiently. This will give us more capacity to reach out to a deeper level with our donor base, thus sparking further ongoing support and sustainability of funding for the organisation.<\/p> We\u2019re also working towards having a merchandise store that will heavily rely on the courier service to help drive different and alternative streams of funding coming into the organisation.<\/p>","quote":"\u201cThis funding from NZ Post will enable us to better engage with our donors and supporters, and ultimately empower us to set up new fundraising initiatives and projects that have otherwise been too cost-prohibitive to do in the past. We\u2019re so thankful to have this support!\u201c<\/em> - Megan Leigh, Operations Manager","video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ezmGWNvfWmw"},{"name":"The Mental Health Foundation of NZ","slug":"mentalhealth","intro":"The leading charity promoting good mental wellbeing, supporting the rights of those experiencing mental health challenges.","about":" For almost 50 years the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand has been the leading charity promoting good mental wellbeing, supporting the rights of those experiencing mental health challenges.<\/p> Aotearoa has a growing level of mental health need, especially for young people. More services are required, but the challenge is too large for services alone; we can\u2019t solve this one person at a time.<\/p> We work to empower people to look after their own mental health and wellbeing, so that people and communities can support each other through tough times.<\/p> We do this by providing free resources on wellbeing, suicide prevention, mental distress and suicide bereavement. We also run nationwide campaigns like Pink Shirt Day and Mental Health Awareness Week. We advocate for a better mental health system where those experiencing mental distress are treated with the respect they deserve.<\/p>","impact":" Every year, we send close to 1 million free mental health resources to individuals, wh\u0101nau (family), workplaces, schools and communities throughout Aotearoa. Our evidence-based resources are in high demand and give people information and tools to look after their own wellbeing and help support friends and wh\u0101nau (family) through tough times. They provide a clear path forward, including how to have safe and supportive k\u014drero (conversations) about what\u2019s going on, how to stay safe during times of crisis and where to turn for help.<\/p> \u201cIt\u2019s a real blessing and it\u2019s a koha (gift) to the communities who don\u2019t have any knowledge around anxiety, bipolar, depression and suicide prevention. By providing these resources we\u2019re giving a family one tool on their tool belt.\u201d \u2013 Rob Mokaraka, Actor and mental health advocate.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","use":" Our local courier is a frequent visitor to our office mailroom, as we process about 70 orders per week.<\/p> In 2023 we sent out over 4000 Pink Shirt Day event packs and around 3800 packs for Mental Health Awareness Week.<\/p> Thanks to NZ Post\u2019s Delivering for Good we will be able to keep up with increasing demand for these vital resources, reaching more people across Aotearoa.<\/p> The money we would have spent on couriers can be spent on creating new resources about different mental health topics.<\/p>","quote":"\u201dWe love providing people with the tools and knowledge to boost their mental wellbeing and help them through tough times. Our users tell us our resources help them to feel less alone, give them a sense of hope and reassure them that there is help and support available.\u201d<\/em> - Zooey Neumann, Publications Management Specialist"}]