Mitey & Sir John Kirwan Foundation Charity Weekend
22-23 August 2025 - BlueWave Charity Weekend
Join us on 22-23 August for a special Charity Weekend supporting the Sir John Kirwan Foundation and their Mitey programme, supporting mental health education in New Zealand primary schools.
Mitey, is not just about changing conversations - they’re changing futures by embedding mental health education into every primary and intermediate school in New Zealand. Mitey is delivering on a bold promise - a nation where every child has the skills to flourish, for life.
Reaching over 247 schools across NZ, touching the lives of over 83,000 students aged 5-13. You can check out Mitey on https://www.mitey.org.nz/partner-with-us
To raise awareness and funds, we’ll be hosting a range of special events across the weekend of August 22–23, and we’d love for our community to get behind it! Here's a run down of activities which we will continue to add and update as more activities are confirmed:
Friday 22nd August - Mental Health Education Evening with Sir John Kirwan
- 6pm Doors Open, 6.30pm Discussion starts
- East Coast Bays Football Clubrooms, Bay City Park, 54 Andersons Rd, Browns Bay
- Sir John Kirwan will be talking on the night - He will share his personal journey about wellbeing and how to thrive and why he started Mitey and chat to the audience about ways for them to manage their wellbeing.
Saturday 23rd August – BlueWave Charity Game & Day
- East Coast Bays Football Clubrooms, Bay City Park, 54 Andersons Rd, Browns Bay
- 6pm – East Coast Bays Men's 1st team game vs West Coast Rangers in Rd 21 of the Northern League - featuring a special one off playing kit
- Mitey team will be out and about all day at Bay City Park and Ashley Reserve - to meet our community and chat about the Mitey programme, mental health.
- Please donate!
Online Auction raising money for the Sir John Kirwan Foundation programmes
- We'll have a bunch of items going online for auction, including the one off charity playing shirts - the online auction will kick off the week before the Charity Weekend.
Limited Edition Supporters Shirt – $50
Thanks to our ECB clothing sponsor, Dynasty Sport, we’re releasing a special edition ECB Supporters Shirt in support of the Foundation.
We’re encouraging all teams and supporters to purchase a shirt to show their support during Charity Weekend – and beyond!
Great for:
- Match day playing shirt for ECB teams on August 22/23
- Warm-up shirt
- Supporter wear for friends, family & players
The shirt will also become a standard item available for purchase in our merchandise store following the charity weekend.
Order Details
- Cost: $50
- Order here:East Coast Bays AFC - Mitey Fundraiser - Dynasty Team Store NZ
Let’s rally together to make a real impact in our community and support youth mental health across Aotearoa. Thank you for being part of this important initiative. We look forward to seeing our ECB family out in full support this August!
