Harcourts Holmwood supports Gumboot Friday 2024
Supporting Gumboot Friday to provide counselling for young people!
What is Gumboot Friday?
Gumboot Friday helps raise money to provide free counselling services for any young person in New Zealand aged 25 and under. Since 2019, Gumboot Friday has provided more than 100,000 therapy sessions to young Kiwis. The average cost per session is $149.00. An overworked, underfunded, and under resourced public mental health service has led to excruciatingly long wait times for young people needing immediate help. Their free counselling platform provides a bridge for our rangatahi in need, by breaking down the barriers of cost and wait times. By supporting Gumboot Friday, we’re helping make a real difference – supporting them to keep up with the rising demand and ensuring every young Kiwi gets the mental health support they deserve.
Mike King, the founder of ‘I am Hope,’ the organisation behind the Gumboot Friday initiative, shed light on the mental health crisis in New Zealand and the positive impact donations from the Harcourts Foundation will make to the children who access the free counselling service. He said, ‘Gumboot Friday pays directly for the counselling services which helps get these kids struggling with depression and feeling like they are walking in mud, to build a better, brighter future.’
How is Holmwood supporting Gumboot Friday?
We are supporting this incredible cause in three ways:
- Holmwood Teddy: On every auction day, held between 19th September and November 20th, Holmwood will auction one adorable teddy and all funds will go to Gumboot Friday.
- ‘The Great Gumboot Friday Auction and Quiz Night’: A fun-filled evening with our Holmwood team and “extended family” to raise funds for this incredible cause. There will also be a raffle and auction.
- Give a Little: At Holmwood, community means everything to us so we want to provide different alternatives so people can be part of young Kiwi’s mental health. You can donate directly by clicking the following link givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/together-we-can-make-a-difference
Working together, we can forever change the face of youth mental health!
To learn more how you can support Gumboot Friday:
Visit www.gumbootfriday.org.nz
Follow them on Instagram @gumbootfriday.
Gumboot Friday Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gumbootupNZ