Gumboot Friday 2023

Join us on Friday, November 3rd 2023

We're passionately committed to delivering immediate, free counselling to young Kiwis in need, and we're asking for your heartfelt support. Put on your gumboots and stand with New Zealand as we rally to raise funds for this crucial cause.

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I learned how I can help out my classmates

I didn't know that lots of people feel like they're not good enough for their family and friends. But now I can help my friends in class talk to someone when they feel that way.

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A journey of hope and healing

I thought I had lost the daughter I believed I had. It's like the team from I AM HOPE have given her a great big hug, and they're there for her. It feels like we have some support now. Now, I have a very happy daughter.

Give to help children and families heal

Proudly partnering to build a better New Zealand

By supporting I AM HOPE, we help support the well-being and the future of New Zealand's next generation. Together, we light the path to a brighter tomorrow.

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Supporting our kids future together

I realised I could support a really good charity for our youth. And that we have the ability to connect with our kids, to enable them to know that it's okay to not be "okay".

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At I AM HOPE we’re about
normalising the inner critic
The voice inside all of our heads that has
us second-guessing everything we do.
The voice of doubt that beats us up and
tells us we’re failures, that we’re worthless.
Having an overactive inner critic is not a
 sign of mental illness, it’s a sign that we are normal.

The key to life is hope!
Be that hope

For the last decade we have been giving mental health talks in schools and communities up and down Aotearoa.

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Do you need help now?

Government agencies are doing their best, but some kids are stuck waiting up to six months to receive the counselling they urgently need. ​We connect kids with mental health counsellors and practitioners in their region or online, so they can get timely support, without the added stress of how to pay the bill.

Get free counselling

Promoting positive attitudinal societal change around mental health and offering hope and a voice to our young people.

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PO BOX 10271
Dominion Road
Mt Eden
Auckland 1446
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Call 111 immediately for any medical emergency
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Free call or text 1737 anytime ​to talk with a trained counsellor 24/7.

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