2018 Annual Report

2018 Annual Report Contents Following a survey 90% of 461 principals Learn more about the work we surveyed believe the do and how we’re helping Kiwi charity’s support has helped kids in need. to remove barriers for students, and improved 4 Our Mission and Vision attendance and participation. 5 Our Values/Whanonga pono 6 From our Founder and CEO 7 From the Chairman 8 Our Story 10 Schools Programme 11 Where our School Programmes Operate 12 Early Childhood Programme 14 Caring Kiwi’s Support our Regular Giving Programme 16 Community Help 17 Fundraising/Events 19 Major Partners 20 Partner Acknowledgements 22 Board Profiles 23 Behind the Numbers 24 Financial Statements 34 Independent Auditor’s Report 35 Student Letters 2 | Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2018 | 3 Our Mission Our Values | Whanonga pono We strive to be the conduit for individuals, community, businesses and government to co-operate in providing food, clothing and basic health care in schools to enable disadvantaged New Zealand children to reach their potential Our Vision Our distinctive ability to Light and laughter One team Valuing people fund, source and distribute food, clothing Te marama me Kotahitanga Ūaratanga te hari koa and meet basic health care needs Working together as Respect and value Creating a positive one team to make a all people within and will improve educational opportunities and enjoyable work difference for outside of KidsCan. for disadvantaged New Zealand children environment for Kiwi kids. everyone. Commitment Wellbeing Manawaroa Hauora Passion and dedication Taking care of to our cause by being as ourselves and others in effective as we can be. everything that we do. 4 | Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2018 | 5 From our Founder and CEO From the Chairman 2018 has seen one of the most significant Education is a child’s ticket out of poverty. It is developments since KidsCan began 13 years how we will break the cycle of hardship, and ago. We’ve watched our programmes become it is at the core of everything KidsCan does. a fundamental part of life in 742 schools Nutritious food, a warm jacket, solid shoes, nationwide – but we’ve been very conscious health essentials – these are things we want of the fact that, until now, our preschoolers every child to take for granted. We are levelling haven’t had the same support. There has the playing field, giving children whose been no food programme, no nationwide help families are struggling the same opportunity to with essentials. learn as anyone else. The early years in a child's life are very humbling (and just quietly a little donors, volunteers and fundraisers, The need does not start when a child continuing to fuel an average of 30,000 Thank you to my fellow board crucial to their development and thats emotional too).” thank you for standing up and being turns 5. So this year, KidsCan has taken children a week. We’re operating in 68% members for their generous pro-bono why I'm so proud to see us moving into part of the solution. And thank you to an important step, moving into early of all decile 1-4 schools (up from 65% in contributions to the KidsCan Board: early childhood education. We have continued to expand our our ever-expanding list of wonderful childhood education. In October, we 2017) including 86% of decile 1 schools Glenda Hughes, Nigel Hampton QC, schools programme, taking on another corporate and sponsorship partners, launched a research programme in 25 (up from 83% in 2017). Mark Dunwoodie, and a very warm I have been visiting many of the 25 42 schools this year who put their hands who recognise that business can be a Early Childhood Centres in Northland, welcome to our newest board member centres who are the first to receive up for help, as their communities struggle force for great social change, especially Auckland and Hawke’s Bay, supporting Our partner schools are seeing a big Guy Waipara. Guy is General Manager our support and the impact is already with rising rents, food and petrol prices. our Principal Partner Meridian Energy around 950 children. Thanks to difference in their students thanks to of Generation and Natural Resources clear. Lunch boxes that were empty, This year we have distributed a record and Trillian Trust. Countdown and Subway, fresh, nutritious KidsCan. One teacher wrote that she’d for Meridian Energy and has seen the or full of packaged food, have been number of items to schools: meals – endorsed by the Heart Foundation been concerned about the number of difference KidsCan has made firsthand. replaced with healthy cooked meals. I’m so proud of every person who are being delivered to centres every day. boys in her maths class who were tired, • 5.4 million food items – up 20% on The teachers say the kids have more makes KidsCan tick. We are privileged The children are the proud owners of new couldn’t concentrate, and had poor KidsCan’s Founder Julie Chapman 2017 energy and more focus. One Northland to have a fantastic board steering the raincoats and shoes. Teachers are already attitudes to learning. She suspected they continues to lead her team with the teacher wrote about how appreciative • 47,605 warm jackets ship: Bill Birnie CNZM, Glenda Hughes, noticing a marked improvement in their were all hungry. “Wow is all I can say. From same passion to make a difference that their whanau were to receive jackets: Nigel Hampton CNZM, OBE, QC, Mark behaviour. It is an exciting development, the first day of giving them food everything she started the charity with 13 years ago. • 28,271 new pairs of shoes “Several of our parents were close to Dunwoodie and Guy Waipara, thank and we look forward to expanding the changed! They work consistently now, Thank you Julie for your remarkable tears with gratitude, that they actually • 22,000 boxes of tampons, pads you for your contribution. And to the programme next year. concentrate for at least 30 minutes commitment, and for always speaking get to keep these. Thank you so much, and liners KidsCan crew who come to work every without talking, are focused on learning up for children who don’t have a it is such a privilege to be at the giving day determined to make the world a In primary, intermediate and secondary tasks, their behaviour has changed, they voice, so they are not forgotten about. end of this, and to see their faces, it is We have also been working to expose better place for Kiwi kids, your work is schools, there has been no letup in the are settled and look forward to coming.” Thank you too to the hard-working the extent of period poverty Kiwis so valued. need for help. We are now supporting management team and dedicated staff are facing. More than 5,000 women 742 schools throughout New Zealand, The KidsCan team has been working that make KidsCan the organisation it is responded to a KidsCan survey on the It has been a big year of great steps hard to ensure we are serving schools and the crucial volunteers who support issue, thought to be the first of its kind forward at KidsCan, and we look forward in the best way possible. Processes us in our mission. here. One in three had to prioritise to giving more Kiwi kids a hand up in and programmes are being constantly buying basics like food over sanitary 2019, they deserve nothing less. re-evaluated and streamlined, as we We will continue to work tirelessly to items, and using toilet paper or rags implement the five-year strategic plan. ensure every child in New Zealand has instead. 29% of teenagers had missed Thanks for being part of the KidsCan the essentials they need and deserve. school or work as they couldn’t afford journey, we’re grateful to have you with us. We continue to grow thanks to the pads or tampons. We will not let this be generous support of New Zealanders, a barrier to their learning. whose monthly donations change lives. I would also like to acknowledge the huge We couldn’t take on more schools if it difference our suppliers and partners are wasn’t for our network of caring Kiwis making, especially our Principal Partner who will not sit back knowing that one Meridian Energy, and key funder Trillian in five children in our own backyard Trust. I would also like to acknowledge don’t have access to enough food, or JULIE CHAPMAN the Ministry of Social Development for BILL BIRNIE cnzm enough healthy food. To our monthly CEO & Founder their contribution. Chairman 6 | Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2018 | 7 Our Story KidsCan was founded in 2005 on the belief that all children should University in 2007 and 2010 found our financial strain on many Kiwi families, a chance to an equal start at school. partnerships with low decile schools we continue to feel the need for our have an equal opportunity at a good education, no matter what have a significant impact on reducing support within our many communities. We are incredibly grateful for the wide social issues, increasing participation In 2018 more than 5,000 women array of caring Kiwis who donate to their circumstances. in class and in raising the self-esteem responded to a KidsCan survey on the KidsCan as well as to the supportive of children who feel they have no hope. issue of Period Poverty. Learning just businesses and partners who allow us In our own backyard, thousands of Kiwi tangible programmes that provide the else.

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