About CanBead
We are a non-profit charity based in New Zealand, offering free creative therapy workshops for individuals experiencing illness, trauma, and loss. The workshops focus on beading crafts and offer a variety of items such as jewellery, bag tags, suncatchers, and bookmarks. Our charity aims to reach a wide audience; therefore, we work with other charities around New Zealand exclusively. Our workshops are all-inclusive, non-judgmental spaces to create, gather and make friends.
Supporting Sustainability
CanBead breathes new life into pre-loved beads sourced from personal donations and business contributions, diverting these materials from potential waste streams. By transforming these donated beads into beautiful, meaningful creations.
Further enhancing their environmental commitment, the organisation has digitised their administrative processes with online forms, eliminating paper usage and reducing its carbon footprint.
This dual approach of material reuse and digital transformation demonstrates CanBead's holistic commitment to environmental stewardship while fulfilling its creative mission.
Canbead is always looking for ways to continue with its reduce and recycle ethos.
Our Purpose
Delivering creative workshops with a motivation to improve the emotional well-being of our communities.
Our Vision
Transforming moments of experiencing Illness, trauma and loss into opportunities for connection and healing through the simple, but powerful, act of creating.
