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Your old money and foreign currency can be donated by taking it to any Resene store, selected New World supermarkets, anywhere you see a Heads Up for Kids collection tin, or by calling 0800 OLD MONEY

• Check out the latest news on the Heads Up for Kids Blog

• Please scroll down to find Heads Up for Kids Application for Funding Forms

Donate old New Zealand & foreign currency

And support Kiwi kids

Copper trails, brass razoos and gold sovereigns are all part of the Lions Clubs of New Zealand’s unusual campaign Heads Up for Kids.

Launched in July 2010, Heads Up for Kids is a unique collection which asks New Zealanders to dig out and donate old decimal and pre-decimal New Zealand currency, and all foreign money.  The obsolete cash is then redeemed for New Zealand dollars and used to fund education programmes for young New Zealanders who would otherwise not get the opportunity.  

Because the obsolete currency is no longer legal tender, and foreign coins cannot be exchanged in this country, the project is not in competition with other fundraising dollars.

A number of young people have already benefited from Heads Up for Kids, receiving scholarships to Spirit of Adventure and Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centres.

To date Lions have collected over fourteen tonne of coins and thousands of banknotes bringing the total raised over $325,000. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand estmates that there is $80 million in old decimal and pre.decimal NZ coins and $20 million in old banknotes unaccounted for.   

There are plenty more coins still out there and Lions Clubs of New Zealand are hoping to collect $1 million.

If you have any old coins or foreign currency that you would like to donate, please take them to your nearest Resene Colorshop (Nationwide) or New World stores (in Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Taranaki, and Hawkes Bay). From here old money and foreign currency is courierd to the counting palour by our kind sponsor Fastway Couriers.

Or call to 0800 Old Money to have a Lion collect it from you.

Contact

For further information, please contact Project Manager Olivia Lacey,               

(04) 471 0335        or email Olivia Lacey

Media

For latest media release - please download: 

• Rattling old cash for awareness
• Old money to fund Kiwi kids
• Two Years and Twelve Tonnes of Cash
• Ten tonne milestone for New Zealand Charity and image file 

Catch the latest on TV One's Breakfast 
Heads Up for Kids - Breakfast TV

Catch the Heads Up for Kids story on Campbell Live
http://bit.ly/HeadsUpCampbellLive

Sorting Instructions for Lions Clubs members

Funding and Applications

Lions Clubs New Zealand and our Heads Up for Kids project works to provide opportunities for young people, who would otherwise miss out, with an experience or activity that will enable them to live their dream, establish life-goals and reach their full potential within their chosen field.

Please download and complete the form which best suits your funding requirements for either groups or individuals.

• Form for Individual Funding Assistance PDF
• Form for Group Funding Assistance PDF
• Additional form for Group Funding Assistance PDF

All applications require support from a member of New Zealand Lions Clubs. If you do not know your local Lions, please use our online directory to find the closest Lions Clubs to you. Find a Lion.

Heads Up for Kids is proud to be supported by: