How you can help
"Children who have Down syndrome face complicated challenges in mastering and using speech, language, and communication skills. With the right opportunities and support, they can develop communication skills that help them to make relationships and socialise, communicate wishes, needs, and aspiration, and use language effectively as a tool in all sorts of situations." - Leela Baksi, 2006
You can help UpsideDowns to provide children with Down syndrome with these life-changing opportunities. There are lots of ways to help! Click on the links below to be a part of our work.
Regular giving
If you'd like to set up a regular donation to UpsideDowns, One Percent Collective is a great way to do it! Simply follow the link below and choose UpsideDowns as your charity.
One-off Giving
You can donate any amount you like and it will come straight to us by clicking the link below or by bank transfer to 12-3040-0710182-00 . All donations over $5 are tax deductible.
Corporate Giving
Is your business looking for a great cause to be a part of? Are you looking for new ways to grow your brand and make a positive change in your community? Get in touch today!
Volunteer
If you have a special skill you'd like to put to good use, or would like to be a part of some of our fundraising events, just let us know and we'll add you to our volunteer database.
Volunteer Suzanne shares her story
"I used my Zespri 'Make a Difference Day' (MADD) recently by volunteering to help the UpsideDowns Education Trust.
Like most people, I hadn't heard of UpsideDowns until the Barrett brothers (of All Black fame) came out in support of this trust and a media clip was released of them together with their sister, Zara.
This story struck a chord with me, so I went to the UpsideDowns website and thought it would be an excellent way to use my MADD. Long story short, I was able to help the Operations Manager, who's based in Auckland, by doing some administration tasks for her remotely. I hid myself away in a focus area and spent most of the day producing receipts and emailing them to people who'd made donations. Normally the trust receives two to three donations per month, but as a result of the Barrett media coverage, there were over 90 donations in the space of a few days!
It felt really good to have done something so worthwhile, and to have 'made a difference' in a small way. They were very grateful for my assistance and I've offered to continue helping them going forward, in my own time.