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A big welcome to the new Sweet Louise CEO, Philippa Reed. We are really pleased to have Philippa join the Sweet Louise family and look forward to many of you meeting her soon! Before joining Sweet Louise, Philippa worked in diversity and inclusion for a number of years, both as a consultant and as Diversity Manager at Auckland Council. She was previously CE of the EEO Trust (now Diversityworks) and has … Read More

Imagine that this is your last Christmas. Imagine wondering if this might be the last summer you have to spend time with your family. You would want it to be really special wouldn’t you? For Sweet Louise members, these thoughts roll around all too often. Living with incurable breast cancer means living with the knowledge that your life is now drastically shortened. With your help, members can have a truly … Read More

In October there is a flurry of pink that sweeps across the country. Breast Cancer Awareness month brings out many shades of the colour. And although it is fantastic that breast cancer has this wave of awareness, for Sweet Louise members, the fit often isn’t pink. Today is International Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Day, raising awareness of secondary, incurable breast cancer and highlighting that not all breast cancer can be … Read More

Vivo Hair & Beauty, one of our lovely Service Providers, are supporting our members this October as part of breast cancer awareness month. They pampered five of our members with free haircuts and/or facials and asked them to share their stories. Read their stories here. Thank you Vivo – your support is so very kind!

Check out fabulous member Paula talk about living with incurable breast cancer and how to best deal with those awkward questions… Watch the Seven Sharp interview here.  

You support the families too… Read our winter donor newsletter here!

Our lovely sponsors Sovereign NZ created amazing ‘beautiful busts’ for Sweet Louise. Six teams designed and created a bust in honour of Sweet Louise members. They were displayed in reception where staff and visitors could vote for their favourite with a gold coin donation. And then popped on our Facebook for the popular vote. Winners are below. A huge thanks to Sovereign staff – we were blown away by the … Read More

In mid-June Sweet Louise got out their pink polka dot gumboots, dusted off their overalls and greeted the green (and muddy) pastures of Fieldays in Mystery Creek, Hamilton.   Fieldays is a national annual agricultural show and Fielday event that runs for four days. Farmers, buyers, sellers, families and rural life enthusiasts came from all over the country to take part.    As part of the inaugural Health Hub initiative, designed to … Read More

Do you enjoy writing? Do you like seeking out funding opportunities? Would you like to share real-life stories to inspire current and potential funders? Do you want to work with a small, yet fun and oh so energetic team, who put our members at the core of everything we do? Sweet Louise is looking for a motivated individual who is as passionate about our work as we are. You need … Read More

Thank you to everybody who has sent in their old bras. We have about 5-600 we reckon. Please keep sending them – we are going to make a huge bra chandelier which will be displayed in October. It has been awesome to see all the different colours, shapes, sizes of bras donated to us, representing so many different women. We are very humbled by the response and will treat the … Read More