We're proud to be supported by many generous businesses and community organisations throughout New Zealand!

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with us, and how we can help engage your team members and show your community that you’re supporting Kiwi kids, we’d love to hear from you.


 

Sponsors

 

 

“Special people, Special company” embodies Mainfreight and its unique culture.  They have developed a style of doing business, successful not only in New Zealand, but around the world.

Mainfreight have been supporters of Life Education since 2007 and their ongoing belief in what we do has enabled us to undertake some long term projects with sound financial backing.

Our partnership began in 2012 with an annual fundraising opportunity in store.

For over 6 years The Warehouse have supported us to continue our shift to a digital platform and extend the learning experience outside of the mobile classroom. 

Apparelmaster joined the Life Education sponsor family in 2015 and we’re thrilled with their enthusiasm for getting behind Life Education’s work.
 
Apparelmaster are masters of fully managed workwear and workplace rental solutions. All their outlets are kiwi owner operated, making them the only truly nationwide New Zealand owned and operated network providing workwear and laundry solutions.


             

 

Created in 1994 by Herbalife Nutrition Founder Mark Hughes (1956-2000), the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) is a global non-profit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world by helping provide access to good nutrition.

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation became a supporter of Life Education in 2018 through their Casa Herbalife Program, providing much needed funds towards projects designed around nutritional education for children.

Baker Tilly Staples Rodway have over 420 directors and employees around the country who are active members of their local communities. In addition to financial support, they aim to support local board governance and provide assistance to help Life Education deliver the new financial literacy programme to secondary schools.

The PMG Charitable Trust is a not-for-profit entity set up by PMG Funds (a leading unlisted NZ property funds manager) which is focused on enhancing the financial literacy of young New Zealanders, including young adults who may not have had the opportunity to receive financial education.

 

Funders

 

Health and Wellbeing Partners

In 2022 we launched our Two Raw Sisters and a Giraffe programme, working with 5 + A Day and the Two Raw Sisters.

Our live workshops provide practical nutrition education to complement the Healthy Harold programme, inspiring students to make their own healthy meals packed with fruit and vegetables. Video workshops and teaching resources are available to support nutrition teaching in schools and at home. 

Idea Services supports people with intellectual disabilities to enjoy great lives as part of their communities.

Together we developed My Best Life, a programme to empower adults with intellectual disabilities with knowledge and skills for wellbeing. 

Barnardos are a children's charity working across social services, early learning services and advocacy for children's rights and wellbeing. 

Our partnership focuses on supporting the mental wellbeing of tamariki. Our first step
was to raise awareness of the 0800 WhatsUp free counselling helpline through our primary and secondary school programmes.

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Save the Children is committed to improving the lives of children here in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. The organisation works to save children's lives, protect their rights and provide children with the opportunity to live healthy, successful lives and reach their full potential.

Aspects of Save the Children New Zealand’s child rights education programme have been integrated into Life Education Trust resources, while the organisation also provides financial support for Life Education’s Far North Trust.

 

Asthma Respiratory Foundation logo

 

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation have joined forces with Life Education Trust to tackle youth vaping. Our new initiatives to educate students, teachers and whānau about the risks of vaping will be reviewed by the Foundation’s respiratory health team. Don’t Get Sucked In, the Foundation’s vaping education website, is an excellent resource for schools.

 

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Anxiety New Zealand is a non-profit, registered charity providing transformative support to tamariki, rangatahi, pakeke and whānau experiencing mental health challenges in Aotearoa.

Life Education Trust works with Anxiety NZ to ensure we are following best practice in our programmes and to offer greater support to children and teachers.

See Anxiety NZ's resources for parents and caregivers

Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa is New Zealands largest provider of sexual and reproductive health services. They provide clinics, information, advice and education helping people to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing.

Life Education works with Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa to support schools to educate rangatahi about sexuality and relationships. 

Netsafe is New Zealand’s independent, non-profit online safety charity. Taking a technology-positive approach to the challenges digital technology presents, they work to help people in New Zealand take advantage of the opportunities available through technology by providing practical tools, support and advice for managing online challenges.  

The Feel Brave partnership brings the Feel Brave books, strategies and resources into the Life Education’s mobile classrooms along with award winning UK based NZ author Avril McDonald’s expertise in being able to get powerful self-regulation strategies and emotional intelligence across to children through characters and stories.

Feel Brave aims to give all children access to tools that help them manage tough emotions and reach their potential (think ‘Peppa Pig meet’s Tony Robbins’). Each Feel Brave book tells a story about a real-life situation that children may face and offers a really simple strategy to cope with it.