We get it – you’re asked all the time.
As a local business, you’re constantly approached for donations, sponsorships, and support. It can be overwhelming to juggle requests and decide where your contribution will have the greatest impact.
The Hospice Whanganui Business Champions programme offers a more intentional, meaningful way to give — one partnership, one charity, and a clear, lasting difference for our community.
What it means to be a Business Champion
Being a Business Champion is about more than a logo on a page.
We don’t just take – we partner.
Our Business Champions are valued, celebrated, and recognised for the role they play in supporting hospice care in our region.
Your generosity helps build goodwill for your business while making a tangible, local impact – supporting patients, whānau, and the wider Whanganui community.
Why Hospice Whanganui
Hospice Whanganui provides 24/7, free, compassionate specialist palliative care to patients and whānau – wherever they choose to be. Our care is personalised, holistic, and guided by dignity, choice, and aroha.
Our service is only around 50% government funded, meaning we rely heavily on the generosity of our local community to continue delivering care.
It costs approximately $4 million each year to run Hospice Whanganui. Support from local businesses helps ensure we can continue to walk alongside Whanganui families during life’s most vulnerable moments.
Tailored tiers. Tangible impact.
We’ve designed contribution tiers to suit different business sizes, values, budgets, and desired levels of visibility. Every Business Champion receives formal recognition and our heartfelt thanks.
Bronze — $500 to $1,000
- Website listing and newsletter acknowledgement
- Framed certificate and personal thank-you
Silver — $1,001 to $5,000
- All Bronze benefits
- Logo displayed at Hospice Whanganui events and within our facility
- Recognition on social media
Gold — $5,001 to $10,000
- All Silver benefits
- Acknowledgement in media releases and press outreach
Platinum — $10,000+
- All Gold benefits
- VIP tour and opportunity for brand-aligned donations
Custom partnership
- Let’s discuss how we can work together to support your business, as you support Hospice Whanganui
Become a Business Champion
We’d love to talk with you about how your business can get involved.
Our Business Champions in action
Be inspired by local businesses who are already making a difference through the Hospice Whanganui Business Champions programme. Discover how their support is helping patients, whānau, and our wider community – and what’s possible when businesses choose to give with purpose.
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Turning Waste into Care
Since June, Low Cost Bins has been helping Hospice Whanganui reduce refuse costs – allowing more funds to go directly into patient care. Their partnership also helps the community give quality, reusable items a second life through a dedicated drop-off bin at the Whanganui Re:Sort Transfer Station. Every load saved from landfill helps support free,…
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Bullocks Concrete Truck: Driving Community Support for Hospice Whanganui
Whanganui’s Bullocks Group has dedicated one of their concrete trucks to Hospice Whanganui, with $1 from every cubic metre poured donated to support free, compassionate care for patients and their whānau. The newly branded truck, designed by Morrie Gibbons Signs, was unveiled on 29 September as part of a unique community partnership.
