Spoil people this year by giving a book that keeps on giving discounts (and an excuse to go out) for an entire year! Only $65 Books ready now!
How can you buy the book?
- Online at... http://bit.ly/2rc9XAr
Heart Kids Canterbury helps a
heart child every day.
Can you help too?
Make a donation today or contact us to see if there are other ways you can help.
Heart Kids Canterbury supports
Babies, Kids, Teens, Adults and Families
We Provide Practical, Emotional and Financial Support
We Listen, We Learn, We Inform, We Act
We Make a Difference!
Every week, 12 babies are born with a heart condition in NZ (one child per 100). In addition a number of children acquire a heart condition as a result of Rheumatic Fever, Cardiomyopathy or Kawasaki Disease. The severity of conditions can range from a simple hole in the heart to a highly complex combination of conditions and most require surgical intervention.
Heart Kids provides functional and emotional support to kids, teens, adults and families affected by childhood heart conditions. In fact, we are the only organisation in New Zealand dedicated to providing lifelong care for those affected by the world's most common birth defect and heart disease acquired during childhood.
Heart Kids Canterbury is one of the affiliated branches of Heart Kids NZ. We are a group of parents and caregivers of children with heart conditions. We know from firsthand experience how important at home support is and we are dedicated to helping others with similar needs. Our Family support workers visit families at home and in the hospital. They listen, inform and support. They deliver emotional, practical and financial support. Addionally we provide events to help heart children and families coinnect with others.
Canterbury heart children travel to Auckland's Paediatric Cardiac Unit for their surgery and treatment. Many are away from home for long periods of time, leaving their jobs, family members and support networks. This adds to the financial and emotional stress of coping with an unwell child. Our Family Support Workers are there to help through such difficult times.
Heart Kids Canterbury supports heart kids and thier families every step of the way on their heart journey.
We rely on donations and fundraising to provide services.
If you would like to become a member of Heart Kids Canterbury please click here to download our application form.
Spoil people this year by giving a book that keeps on giving discounts (and an excuse to go out) for an entire year! Only $65 Books ready now!
How can you buy the book?
Thank you to everyone who voted for us at Z Riccarton 2016!
Z Riccarton chose us as one of the four groups being supported through Good in the Hood at Z Riccarton. And we got the most votes!
This means we will receive an awesome $1790 from Z Riccarton.
This will be so great and very much needed for local families going to Starship. Every week we get new families to support - people who find out their new baby or their child has a serious heart condition needing surgery. Last year we had 53 new heart families needing support - that is on top of the 400 we were already helping. This money will help our Family support workers deliver financial, practical and emotional support to these children.
Thank you Z Riccarton and Z Good in the Hood.
We would like to invite All parents of primary / Intermediate aged School Children and Parents of those children who are about to start school to an Information Evening
“Welcome to Hogwarts”.
With these words a week of magic began for Heart Kids from around the country. I was lucky enough to be attending my fourth camp as an adult helper after years of enjoying the fun with no responsibility. I got to catch up with heart kids that I left behind in Palmerston North and catch up on all their news.