Child Health Foundation
Providing a rapid response for kids in need
The Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation is a charitable trust that supports children receiving residential medical care in New Zealand.
The Foundation makes funding grants to eligible hospitals that are unable to otherwise meet an urgent funding need where additional funding would improve the quality of care for children. The Foundation also provides volunteers who contribute services and assistance to enhance the level of comfort of children receiving residential medical care in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
The Foundation is funded by the partners and staff of Buddle Findlay.
What the foundation does
The Foundation responds quickly to the urgent funding needs of children’s hospitals. If these hospitals face an urgent need for equipment or other vital resources which cannot be funded from normal sources, the Foundation will quickly consider and respond to applications for funding to help meet the need and provide an immediate and direct benefit to the children.
The sort of urgent need the Foundation can help with may arise from, for example, a sudden critical shortage or local unavailability of a vital resource, an emergency situation, a breakage or malfunction requiring immediate and unbudgeted replacement or repair, or an unexpected short-term opportunity to upgrade vital equipment.
Buddle Findlay volunteers
The Foundation is backed by the partners and staff of Buddle Findlay who volunteer their time to help children with their stay in hospital. This part of the Foundation’s contribution is run in conjunction with hospitals in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, where Buddle Findlay has offices.
Foundation Charter
Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation Charter
How to apply for funding
Eligibility
Any New Zealand medical institution, with a dedicated children’s residential care facility, may apply for the Foundation’s rapid response funding. Potential applicants should be aware that the Foundation’s priority is facilities in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, where Buddle Findlay’s offices are located and a rapid response, which may involve face-to-face meetings or a site visit, can be effectively delivered.
To be eligible for funding consideration applications must:
- Be from a medical institution in New Zealand providing residential medical care for children
- Have been approved by the governing body or chief executive of that medical institution
- Certify that the funding requested has arisen as a short notice need, and that funding is not available from normal sources, giving reasons for such unavailability.
Applications
Applicants for funding should initially telephone Ian Nalder, Chief Executive of Buddle Findlay on 0-4-498 7334, who will discuss the application and give preliminary guidance on the proposed application.
Contact the Foundation
Email child.health@buddlefindlay.com
Postal
Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation
PO Box 2694
Wellington 6011
Disclaimer
The material on this website is provided for general information purposes only and is not comprehensive. If you have any questions about the Foundation, please contact us.
