As a charity, we don’t receive any government funding and rely on the amazing generosity of our supporters to keep our essential mental health services running.
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If you or your whānau are affected by serious illness or grief, talk to us to see how we can help.
When businesses look for a cause to get behind, the instinct is often to go big: reaching for a household name, a logo everyone recognises, a charity that feels familiar. But if what you actually want is impact, the maths runs the other way. Kenzie’s Gift is small on purpose and focused by design, and the return your business gets - in real outcomes and in something your people can genuinely feel part of - is as good as it gets.
Christchurch parents Sam and Carrie had already been through a lot - the sudden death of a parent and a serious illness themselves - when Carrie was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Their two children at home were just 6 and 16 when their mum died. Sam shares the unimaginably difficult time their whānau has been through, and the ways they've stuck together through it with support from extended whānau, friends, and Kenzie's Gift.
There's a reason more and more Kiwis are getting into cold water. Better sleep. Sharper focus. More energy. Reduced stress. Real benefits backed by real research — and a few minutes a week is all it takes. At Kenzie's Gift we run an annual winter swim challenge, so Kiwis across Aotearoa can put those perks to work — for themselves, and for the tamariki and rangatahi we walk alongside who are grieving the death of someone they love.
Kenzie's Gift is a registered charity under the Charities Act 2005 (CC21425)
