About Life Education Heartland Otago Southland

A picture containing text, mapDescription automatically generated Life Education are a nationwide educational charitable organisation, with 32 different regional trusts operating across the country. We are The Heartland Otago Southland Trust who operate through the "heartland" of Otago and Southland - Makarora to Milton, Glenorchy to Gore, Mosgiel and the Maniototo.

We use Harold the giraffe as a mascot to teach primary and intermediate school aged children about respect for themselves and others, the value of leading a healthy life, and how our bodies work. The Life Education program is a valuable aid in helping our children to become good people and citizens of our communities, along with learning strategies to cope with the pressures that life presents.

As a snapshot of the work that our Educator (Pip), and Harold, do in our region - last year the Classroom visited 51 schools in our Trust’s area In round figures, our Educator delivered lessons to approximately 8,200 children in that period.

The Vision of Life Education is to enable children to reach their full potential. We aim to reach every primary school child in our area with the purpose of educating and inspiring generations to embrace positive choices for a healthy mind and body - BUT we need your help to do this!!

It costs over $150,000 per year for the Heartland Trust to provide its valuable services. With no Government funding, it is vital that the community served by Life Education helps us to deliver the program. To continue to deliver our exceptional experiences, we need your support to remain relevant, while also extending our reach to impact even more children.

Our Trustees are from throughout the region, and are very committed to looking after Harold, Pip and the mobile classroom, so that they can bring the important Life Education messages to all of our schools. If you are interested in joining the Trust in a governance role please click below:

New Trustee

Supporters

We are extremely grateful to all our major and supporting funders.

I&H McPhail Trust
Ida MacDonald Charitable Trust

Harold Club members

Duncan Anderson Dental Surgeons - Alexandra
O’Malley & Co – Lawyers - Balclutha
Breen Construction - Alexandra
E C Shaw Plumbers - Balclutha
Calder Stewart - Construction -Milton
Rural Business Solutions Gore Ltd – Accountants
Southern Wide Real Estate – Alexandra
Tuapeka Gold Print - Mosgiel
Heaps Landscaping - Gore
Cambrian St Bathans Branch Rural Women NZ
River Valley Lions Club – Gore
Vehicle Testing New Zealand

Service donations

Central Otago Electrical – Alexandra

Trucking companies

We also truly appreciate the valuable support of trucking companies in the ‘Heartland’ area who shift the classroom from school to school voluntarily for us.

Fulton Hogan – Dunedin and Central Otago
RTL Transport
Hokonui Rural Transport
Dynes Transport
McLellan Freight
Tuapeka Transport
West Otago Transport
Beckers Transport
Clinton Waipahi Transpor

The Harold Club

Life Education Trust is all about helping our children to grow up with good self-esteem, respect for themselves and others, and maintain a healthy body by making healthy choices. Life Education is totally community funded. The cost of operating the mobile classroom and delivering the Life Education programmes to the primary and intermediate schools in the ‘Heartland’ region is high. That is why we need your help.

We would like to invite you to join the Life Education experience and be part of something truly special. By contributing $400 a year ($33.33 a month) you can become part of our Harold Club. Our aim is to encourage people or businesses to make a regular contribution to the Harold Club and in doing so, ensure some sustainable funds to contribute to the operating costs of our Life Education Trust. You can be confident that all monies received remain in the Heartland Otago Southland Trust.

What can you expect in return?

You can make a difference to your community
Your name will be printed on the back of the classroom with other Harold Club Members
Your name listed here on our web page
An invitation to periodical social functions
Periodic newsletters on what we have been up to.
Harold Club framed certificate, window stickers etc
A GST Invoice (if applicable)
Tax Deduction (if applicable)
But the most rewarding part of being a Harold Club member is in knowing that you are part of something good, something that works and engages the children of New Zealand in a positive way.

If you would like more information on becoming a part of this exclusive and very valuable group of people, please email heartland@lifeedtrust.org.nz

Download a Harold Club brochure here

Make a Donation

Contact details

Office Administrator: Dana Young, 021 805 754, heartland@lifeedtrust.org.nz
Chairperson and Schools Co-ordinator: Margaret Box, 021 237 6466, 2theboxes@gmail.com
Educator: Pip Tisdall, 027 489 3859, heartland@lifeed.org.nz
Postal address: Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland, c/- ICL Chartered Accountants, P.O. Box 267, Alexandra 9340

Testimonials

"A very unique learning environment that engages students through novelty of resources, an energetic presenter/teacher, drawing on the children's rapture and memories of Harold as a character who they adore"

— Clinton School

"Consistently enjoyable for the students in a different learning/class environment."

— Rosebank Primary School

"For our school, the Life Education bus provides resources to explain more complex Health education than we can do in the classroom eg. TAM Pip, our Educator is very engaging with the children and all of the technology supports and aids learning. Even though our senior children are older they absolutely LOVE Harold and can't wait for the bus to arrive. We are very lucky to have such a fabulous resource available to us."

— Silverstream South School

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