Heal Health and Wellbeing

Heal was founded in Hawke's Bay in 2023 with a simple but urgent belief: that health and wellbeing should be accessible to everyone, regardless of background or budget.

It started with no funding, no big organisation behind it, and no financial history. Just a vision, a genuine commitment to community, and every cent invested personally by our founder. Because the need was real. And it was not going away.

Since launching in December 2023, we have delivered nine workshops and community events with health professionals from across New Zealand, covering topics including ADHD, trauma-informed parenting, nervous system regulation, sleep, nutrition, women's health and online safety. Around 1,800 people have come through our doors.

We have run subsidised fitness, yoga and Pilates classes, free sauna and sea sessions, and gifted wellbeing books and resources into local schools and early childhood centres.

We do not assume what our community needs. We ask. Our surveys tell us the same things, consistently: stress, overwhelm, burnout, and not knowing where to turn. Everything we do is shaped by those voices.

Your donation goes directly into the programmes, events and resources that make a real difference to real families in Hawke's Bay.

Thank you for believing in what we are building.

With gratitude,

Heal x