Corporate Sponsorship

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors for their support: 

Telecom

Telecom New Zealand is working in close partnership with Barnardos through the provision of leading technology and communication services at favourable prices. They have also been very generous in their support of a wide range of activities. This includes significant financial and operational assistance to 'What's Up,' a telephone counselling service for children and young children seeking advice.

Barnardos is also supported throughout the country by many other businesses and individuals who help us to provide services to at risk and disadvantaged children.
 

Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent has supported Barnardos in various ways over recent times and in addition to technical expertise, a significant corporate donation, staff have been actively involved across the country. One 'in-house' project has involved providing Family Support Services with "back to school" packs and various other local initiatives have also been much appreciated.

Microsoft

In 2009 Microsoft gave a very generous donation of software to Barnardos New Zealand with a value of $1.4 million. Some of the software was used to change our underlying systems and infrastructure ready to support new specialist applications in the future.

Technology has an important role to play in increasing effectiveness in the non-profit sector and the delivery of core community services. “This donation will enable us to use a range of IT resources and support to most effectively serve the children, parents and their families that need us the most.”.- Murray Edridge Chief Executive, Barnardos New Zealand.

Shell New Zealand

Shell continues to provide Barnardos with enormous support for children in need through the ‘Shell Fund,’ whose sole purpose is to provide for the urgent and unusual needs of children in distress.

Just recently, the Shell Fund was able to provide Day Passes to seven young children from two families, so they had something to do in their school holidays. These passes included a train fare, movie pass, ticket for mini-putt golf and a lunch voucher. But these passes provided more than just a day of fun... They also provided the children with anticipation, excitement and something to tell their friends about when they went back to school. They provided escapism from the misfortunes of their everyday lives, and the opportunity for these parents to forget the stress they were facing, to spend quality time with their children, just for one day.

Shell understands that the scale of Barnardos’ activity is heavily dependent on sponsorship and donations, and Shell is committed to providing ongoing support to us to help improve many young lives in various ways.

If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor please contact fundraising@Barnardos.org.nz.