Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers! This week we celebrate the wonderful mums, caregivers, grandmothers and mother figures in our community.  As we lead up to Mother’s Day, it’s important to recognise the hard work that mums do. We also take our hats off to the women that sign their boys up to have a […]

Big Buddy Tony Lennon has a very busy life. He is a dad to two boys, runs an IT System Integration company and 12 months ago became a wedding celebrant. Generously, Tony uses the aptly named Good Karma Wedding guy to support Big Buddy.​ “I absolutely love the experience of being a celebrant – for

Since being matched in 2020, Little Buddy Maze and Big Buddy Paul have been busy filling their weekends with a wide variety of activities together. Their shared love of soccer grew into a team commitment with Paul becoming assistant coach for Maze’s side. His involvement didn’t stop there either, with Paul also volunteering as a

Ed Ackman has been a Big Buddy to Marshall (12), for 2 years. The pair live on the Auckland North Shore. Now retired from a career in advertising, and with no children of his own, Ed decided it was time to give back and became a Big Buddy. Read on to find out how Ed

We love sharing exciting summer activities! Little Buddy Luca had a fantastic birthday at Tree Adventures in Woodhill Forrest recently with his Big Buddy Martin. Turning 9, Luca was able to do six courses after his safety briefing and he and Martin left exhilarated after three hours on the course after well and truly shaking

One of our youngest ever donors melted our hearts recently! At just 9-years-old, Macklin Devlin gave up receiving presents for his birthday, instead creating a gift registry with The Good Registry to raise money for Big Buddy instead. So why did Macklin decide to donate his birthday? “I wanted to help kids that don’t have

Mum Angela made a very moving speech at a recent fundraising lunch we thought was too good not to re-share. Here is an abridged version… Our stories shape us. Some more so than others and so this is me, with an openness and a few nerves, sharing our Big Buddy story with you. And I

Wellington Mum Kendall has kindly agreed to share her story of the difference Big Buddy has made in the lives of her two now grown-up sons Taine and Cullen. Thank you Kendall, your uplifting and beautifully written story is just what we all need right now! When my boys lost their Dad, with it, they

When we talk to families involved in the Big Buddy programme, one thing always stands out: everyone benefits – the Little Buddy, the Big Buddy and Mum. Wellington’s Laura Virgo, Mum to Jonathan, has kindly agreed to share what her son’s relationship with his Big Buddy, Kevin Stevens, means to her. Kevin rings his young

Recently, before we found ourselves in Level 4, our Hamilton Big and Little Buddies battled it out over laser tag! It was “game one” to the Little Buddies…but after a quick huddle, the Big Buddies took out the second game! Always a great opportunity to catch up and connect with each other, eight matches of