Burn Support Group Charitable Trust, Inc.

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Kia ora whānau,A quick update to confirm that Camp Awhi is going ahead on the same dates, with the camp now being held a...
21/09/2026

Kia ora whānau,

A quick update to confirm that Camp Awhi is going ahead on the same dates, with the camp now being held at Tasman Holiday Parks, Miranda.

We will be emailing all registered attendees and camp leaders as soon as possible with further information and asking them to confirm whether they are still able to attend.

We are excited to welcome everyone to Miranda and will share the finer details shortly. If you have any immediate questions or concerns, please contact the Board at [email protected].

Ngā mihi,
The Burn Support Group team

Kia ora community!SOME UPDATES TO UPCOMING EVENTS!I'm Corinna, one of the trustees of the BSG. I am also the Event cham...
13/09/2026

Kia ora community!
SOME UPDATES TO UPCOMING EVENTS!

I'm Corinna, one of the trustees of the BSG. I am also the Event champion within the Board.
We are working on plans for the coming year, and there are lots of exciting things to come.

Firstly - NEW EVENT:
The next event to pop into your diary/save the date - is the SURVIVOR SUNDAY / CHRISTMAS PARTY on 6th December, in Auckland.

This will be a very special event for a few reasons.
- It will be a chance for us all to get together
- We aim for the first part of the event to act as a meet and greet of the Board and our new BSG Manager
- More info to come on this, but we are eager to also create a session whereby we want YOUR say on the BSG, what works, what you love, what could be different, and how we can continue improving the BSG to best do the jobs in our mission... Prevention and Education / Emotional and Practical Support / Community Building. So have a think about what you want to share/ask/recommend! :)

So for now, Save the Date and more info is coming!

Secondly - EVENT UPDATE:
Finally - some decisions have had to be made in order to create the best events we can, and with the changeover of personnel and letting our new manager get up to speed. So we have decided to postpone the Beyond the Burn Men's Weekend, and change the location of Camp Awhi.
Don't worry - the Men's Weekend will happen - just slightly later - we will advise asap when. AND Camp Awhi is also still happening but a different location - also TBC. We will be in touch with all registered participants and also post an announcement here with all the new exciting details.

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you on Dec 6th!

Corinna and the BSG Board.

11/09/2026

The power of your story

Andrew Cameron - Part 5

Surviving the fire was only the beginning.

Andrew came home to a time with no burn support group, no real help beyond the odd visit from the district nurse - just "get on with your life." As a teenager he tried. But he also carried the stares, the name-calling, the cruelty that children can be capable of.

He stopped going out to the playground. He spent his lunchtimes quietly in the metalwork room instead, alongside a couple of kind teachers.

Years later he understood it for what it was - a young boy finding his own way to cope, at a time when no support existed for what he was carrying.

The scars you can see are rarely the hardest part. That's why no one should have to heal alone.

Watch part 5 hit home - hard. 🧡

27/08/2026

The power of your story

Andrew Cameron - Part 4

After the fire came the fight to survive.
Andrew takes us to Auckland Hospital - to intensive care, to the swelling that nearly stopped his breath, to a night his body very nearly gave up, and to a respirator that failed when there wasn't a spare. Small mercies and quick hands stood between him and the worst.
Four and a half months in hospital. A medically induced coma. An eleventh birthday and a Christmas spent far from home. He was still a child.
He tells it with more gratitude than anger. That's the part that stays with you.
Part four is ready for your viewing. 🧡

16/08/2026

Andrew Cameron - Part 3

A gentle heads-up: this is the hard part of Andrew's story.

In the space of a couple of seconds, an ordinary family evening became the moment that would shape everything after. Andrew takes us right into it - the flames, the panic, a family doing everything they could in an instant that gave them almost no time to do anything at all.

He was a boy. It was an accident. And it happened faster than anyone could have stopped it.

We're grateful to Andrew for his courage in taking us back to the hardest moment of all - and we're glad to tell you he came through it.

Are you ready for Part 3? 🧡

As part of our National Burns Awareness month in June, the BSGCT ran a nationwide radio campaign, social media campaign,...
12/08/2026

As part of our National Burns Awareness month in June, the BSGCT ran a nationwide radio campaign, social media campaign, and outdoor digital billboards - all to raise awareness and prevention of burns for kiwi across the motu.

Have a listen below to some of the ads played across Mediaworks stations, and huge thanks to Angelique, who shared her story on the rova site, and some of our amazing survivors, Zara, Riley and Ronni who were also featured on the radio ads!

This was the biggest advertising campaign we have ever run, and were able to get a huge amount of additional value from our media partners (including an extra 6 weeks on air currently - listen out!)

Every bit helps to raise awareness and preventing burns, so we are super proud of this campaign and the huge value given to us by our partners.
Q Brand Builders
Mediaworks

Angelique's article here:
https://www.rova.nz/articles/split-second-bath-injury-nz-mum

11/08/2026

The power of your story - The Burn Support Group Speakers Series - Andrew Cameron PART TWO.

Some stories stay with you. Andrew's is one of them.

Over the next few weeks he's sharing his - in his own words, in his own time. Where it began, what it took, and what he's found on the other side.

This is the start of it.

We're grateful to Andrew for his courage in telling it, and we think you'll be glad you listened.
🧡

07/08/2026

The power of your story - Andrew Cameron

Some stories stay with you. Andrew's is one of them.

Over the next few weeks he's sharing his - in his own words, in his own time. Where it began, what it took, and what he's found on the other side.

This is the start of it.

We're grateful to Andrew for his courage in telling it, and we think you'll be glad you listened.

Watch the first part below. 🧡

07/08/2026

To our burn survivors, whānau and community

We want to share a brief and heartfelt update with you. Michele Henry has resigned from her role with the Burn Support Group. We thank her sincerely for her service to the Trust and to the burn community over the past decade, and we wish her every good thing for the future.

We also know that change can be unsettling, and that for many of you this news may stir real emotion. That's understandable. The Charity’s Trustees care deeply, and that care is one of its greatest strengths.

So we want to assure each and every one of you that our survivors and their families remain at the very heart of everything we do. We will be here for you - just as we always have been.

With aroha

The Board

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+6492700640

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