Getting The Word Out

Here’s some more information about Starship, and how we provide better health and brighter futures for New Zealand children. They’re straightforward points you can share with people to explain why you’re fundraising. We also have some pre-written social posts you can use to spread the word!

Starship Facts and Talking Points

Since 1992 the Starship Foundation has invested more than $150 million into Starship

Child Health, making a real difference to children across New Zealand every day.

A child is admitted to Starship around every twenty-two minutes. That’s twenty-four thousand admissions each year.

Sixty percent of those admissions – around forty children every day – come from outside the greater Auckland region.

No matter where you are in New Zealand, a child in your region will probably receive treatment at Starship within the next 7 days.

Every day, Starship treats children from all corners of the country…from places like Invercargill, Greymouth, Kaitaia…and everywhere in between.

The Starship National Air Ambulance service transfers critically ill children from any hospital in the country to specialist paediatric care at Starship – our national children’s hospital.

Any child around Aotearoa New Zealand who requires anything more than short-term intensive care comes to Starship.

How will your support help?

By funding cutting-edge equipment like modern MRI machines

You’ll help keep Starship’s National Air Ambulance Service in the air, ensuring we can retrieve New Zealand’s most critically ill and injured child from around the country, and bring them to Starship

You’ll provide funding for improvements to life-saving surgical spaces, like the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) where our most critically ill and injured children are treated.

You’ll also help the Starship Foundation fund child and family wellbeing programs. That includes Play Specialists, who help children navigate difficult procedures without the need for a general anesthetic.

You’ll help fund training and development opportunities for our doctors, nurses and other specialists, so they can provide the best, most up-to-date treatment for our children.

Your support will also fund early-intervention initiatives to keep kids out of hospital, like our in-school nursing clinics in higher-needs communities.

Social Media Post Templates

Announcement post:
Super excited to announce I’ll be streaming to raise funds for Starship soon! It’s going to be lots of fun, and it’s a really important cause. More info below: (insert link: https://starship.org.nz/foundation/)

The day before Livestream post:
Tomorrow, I’m streaming live at (INSERT TIME) to help ensure NZ kids get the very best care possible at Starship when they need it. Can’t wait to see you there! (INSERT TWITCH LINK IF APPLICABLE)

Streaming now post:
Join my livestream NOW to help Starship kids! From cutting-edge equipment to support for the wonderful staff, it’d mean a lot if you stopped by and gave some support! [INSERT STREAM LINK]

Thank you post:
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by my stream for Starship yesterday, especially those who donated to help Starship provide better health and brighter futures for NZ children!
To see where your support makes an impact visit: (link insert: https://indd.adobe.com/view/46471c03-f8f0-4680-9e95-2cb0f5ab4e5e )