Last Friday Susan and I were lucky enough to get the opportunity to be interviewed on TVNZ's Breakfast show!
Have a watch below:
New Membership & Pricing Structures
NEW PRICING STRUCTURE - YOU'VE ASKED SO WE'VE DELIVERED
We've received a LOT of feedback over the last few weeks since launching our new website and the PledgeMe campaign regarding the cost of membership for our service. Now we would truly love for this to be a service that we could offer to you all for FREE, however at this stage in our development it is not something that we are able to do.
Just to give you an example the cost of a Police Check (until we get our Charitable Status) is $8.50 + GST per person, plus all the other expenses of marketing, running a website, offices expenses, and that doesn't even include my time!
So we have reviewed things and made a number of changes which I hope will make a difference to you. We will now have different levels of membership (as well as offering a further discount to those with Community Services/Super Gold Cards). Also, grandparent (grandie) memberships are now FREE!
Memberships include:
Standard Lifetime Membership: $39.00
CSC Basic: $29.00
Standard Lifetime Membership will offer families the connection with a Grandie residing in a local rest home, it will include:
- a Police check for two adult members of your family.
- access to regional social events and meetups.
Please Note: The Grandie residing in a rest home is unlikely to be police checked, but of course they will be supervised during your visits.
Active Lifetime Membership: $79.00
CSC Active: $59.00
Active Lifetime Membership will offer families the connection with a Grandie who is more actively involved with your family. It will include the above, plus
- one 12 month Verisafe subscription for you (worth $144.00).
Note: Grandparent (grandie) memberships are now FREE!
ALL applicants will need to:
- complete the registration form available here.
- complete a police check vetting form for all adults that will be involved in the visits/programme
- provide us with two personal referees (not family members)
- meet with a Regional Co-ordinator (or in their absence have a phone/skype conversation with us)
- pay the membership fee (excluding grandparents).
Sign up here!
Live date confirmed for PledgeMe Campaign!
We are excited to announce that we now have a live date for our PledgeMe Campaign 'Grab a Grandie - share you family!' We go live on Tuesday the 27th of June!
Now we just need to get the word out...
We are using Thunderclap to help spread the word about 'Grab a Grandie' on PledgeMe.
What is Thunderclap?
Thunderclap is a platform that spreads messages across social platforms (Facebook, Twitter etc.) all at the same time.
What you can do?
Donate your social voice by using either your Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr account to help spread the word about the launch of 'Grab a Grandie!' It takes less than 2 minutes! Share 'Grab a Grandie' by clicking the link below:
Spread the word about 'Grab a Grandie!'
We WON the AMI Community Fund
We are so happy to announce we were the proud winners of the AMI Community Fund.
It was so, so close and just on the very last day we managed to sneak ahead by 0.3% and luckily stayed that way until the closing. I would like to thank Neighbourly and AMI Insurance so much for their generosity and support for Surrogate Grandparents - New Zealand. And of course for all of you who took the time to vote and enable us to be awarded $3000.
The money will be used to pay for the lawyers fees so we can progress with becoming a formal Charitable Trust and will go towards our new website as well.
Thank you.
AMI Community Fund Finalist 2017!
We're a finalist in the 2017 AMI Community Grants! Now we need your help to help us make the final five so we can win our share of $20,000. Please follow this link here and vote for us. Your vote could make a huge difference to us!
Thank you!
We're in Luck Break Magazine
Pick up your February issue of copy of Lucky Break magazine because we're in there!