"Thanks to Alaister Wall and supplier Gordon Duncan from The Linen House, whom I first met at this Briscoe's Golf day 2 years ago, my Dad and I were invited to play in the Linen house Golf Day in Melbourne. It was wonderful. That's the fun side of things, but Cure Kids is serious about what it does - We all need hope and that's what Cure Kids does for us." Alex, Cure Kids Ambassador who lives with Cystic Fibrosis

Our staff love getting involved and are passionate about making a difference

"To hear from some of the children on the receiving end of the help from research just makes me feel so privileged to be part of this event" Lynn Langsford, Participant in the Accor $10 Queenstown Challenge for Cure Kids 2008.

Briscoe Group made a serious commitment to support Cure Kids financially in 2004 and today includes the charity in most aspects of our business.

The annual Briscoe Group charity golf day is a significant fund raiser, along with the Add A Dollar campaign. Our staff are totally committed to helping Cure Kids. We participate in the charity's events and leverage our business relationships to help raise more funds for Cure Kids.

Cure Kids has one goal – to fund research that leads to cures for life threatening children's illnesses. Research funded by Cure Kids has helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in New Zealand and around the world.

World First Breakthroughs Funded by Cure Kids

• childhood leukaemia
• cot death
• hole-in-the-heart babies
• cystic fibrosis
• genetic birth abnormalities
• inherited heart disease

Over $25 Million has been invested in vital medical research including:

• Cystic Fibrosis - nearly 400 New Zealanders suffer from this incurable lung disease
• Childhood Leukaemia - childhood cancer is the leading cause of death in children after accidental death in New Zealand.
• Pneumonia - NZ has the highest hospital admission rate for childhood pneumonia in the western world. It costs the country $7million p.a.
• Perinatal Research - Care for pre-term babies costs $50million + per annum
• Asthma in Children - the biggest cause of hospital admissions in New Zealand, 550,000 school days lost each year to asthma
• Genetic Research - 1 in 30 babies born in NZ will have some genetic birth malformation
• Heart Disease - over 600 babies are born with heart defects each year - at least 300 will need corrective surgery - Cure Kids is funding research into a genetic heart disease that claims at least 40 lives a year.
• Type 1 Diabetes - Over 200 new children are diagnosed each year. It costs an estimated $1,000,000 to manage a Type 1 Diabetes child including the secondary complications in later life
• Kidney Disease - a kidney transplant costs between $80,000 to $110,000

The outcomes from Cure Kids funded research has helped create longer and better quality of life for so many children in New Zealand and around the world. www.curekids.org.nz