CanBead Southland

12/06/2026

A big thankyou to the girls from year 7 southland girls high school for the generous donation of beads, which will be used in our creative therapy workshops. We really appreciate your donation, which will help brighten someones day during a tough time.

12/06/2026

Our founding story, as said by Sarah, have a listen to her powerful story.🫶

Luke sat down with Sarah Clifford who is the founder of CanBead - A charity that provides free creative therapy workshops for people dealing with illness, trauma, grief or loss. He was keen to learn how an unexpected gift from a friend during her own cancer journey led to so...

11/06/2026

On Tuesday we had a lovely afternoon with the laddies at Abby's support group Cancer Society Otago Southland
There were a few ladies experiencing a CanBead workshop for the first time who thoroughly enjoyed it, along with some of our lovely regulars like Bev Harvey, who will be sharing her experiences at our Handbags & Gladrags 2026 fundraising event.

05/06/2026

🎉We have a winner!🎉
Congratulations Naida Mulligan! You have won two tickets to Handbags & Gladrags 2026!
Please get in touch so we can get your tickets to you, we can't wait to see you there 💙

We are only TWO weeks away from Handbags & Gladrags, and tickets are limited. Get in touch with us*, or head in to ComplEat Wellness or VandeWater Jewellers so you don't miss out on the chance to take home your favourite bag, and enjoy a fun afternoon with the girls!

*You can message us here on Facebook, or email [email protected]

05/06/2026

🎉 15 years of CanBead — and we need YOUR help to keep going!
For 15 years, CanBead has been walking alongside New Zealanders facing illness, trauma, and loss — offering free creative therapy workshops through the simple, healing power of beading. Thousands of people across Aotearoa have found comfort, connection, and community with us. 💛
Now we're asking you to help us reach the next 15 years.
Our Givealittle campaign closes 15 June — just days away! We're still a long way from our goal and every dollar counts. Whether it's $15 to celebrate our birthday or whatever you can spare, it all goes towards reaching more New Zealanders when they need it most.
👉 Donate here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-us-celebrate-15-years-of-canbead
Can't donate? Please share this post — it costs nothing and means everything. 🙏

Wish us a happy 15th anniversary and keep our connections going for another 15!

02/06/2026

Lots of creativity today with the lovely group from Gore Alzheimers Society Southland Inc. We were so busy creating that we missed getting our usual photo's, but managed to get a couple of pictures at the end of the workshop. Today we made bookmarks and lovely long necklaces that pop over your head with no fiddly clasps required.

02/06/2026

We would like to extend a massive thank you to some of the wonderful businesses who are suporting our Handbags & Gladrags 2026 event this month (and give you a hint as to what you may find in your handbag!)
- ComplEat Wellness who you can see to get your tickets, and have given us some goodies for the bags
- VandeWater Jewellers have gifted us a voucher, and Gore ladies, you can get your tickets there!
- Benny's - Footwear have gifted us a very generous voucher
- Shoe Clinic have also gifted us a very generous voucher
- E Hayes & Sons Ltd - Invercargill have once again gifted us some vouchers
- Glowing Sky Clothing have very generously gifted us several vouchers for you
- Apt Collections have gifted us a very generous voucher
- Nichol's Garden Centres Invercargill & Evolve Hair Design have both generously filled bags for you! (To keep the mystery, I'm not telling you which bags though😉)
- ILT have given us some gift cards for you

We are incredibly grateful for our generous Southland community, and this is just a taster of all the goodies and thank yous yet to come!

28/05/2026

💙Giveaway CLOSED💙
We would like to give you and a friend ✨FREE✨ tickets to Handbags & Gladrags 2026

How to enter:
👜 Tag the friend (or friends!) you'll be coming to Handbags & Gladrags with in the comments (each comment = 1 entry)
👜 Let us know which bag is your favourite

This years bag line up is incredible🤩and you don't want to miss out!

The winner will be announced on Friday 5 June at 6pm.
Get your entries in!