Complex Chronic Illness Support
What a Community Group Fund is
A Community Group Fund with The Acorn Foundation offers a meaningful and sustainable way to support a local charity for the long term. When you donate to a fund of this kind, your gift is invested alongside others. Each year, a portion of the investment returns is distributed to the charity, while the original capital remains intact and continues working in perpetuity.
For Complex Chronic Illness Support, this dependable structure means they receive reliable income year after year. That stability gives them the freedom to plan ahead with confidence, to expand their services, strengthen support for people and whānau living with chronic and complex illness, invest in specialist staff and programmes, and build lasting capability in our region.
About Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc
Complex Chronic Illness Support (CCIS) is a charitable organisation based in Tauranga which empowers individuals and their families who live with complex long-term conditions such as ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), fibromyalgia, Long-COVID, POTS and related disorders.
The organisation provides one-on-one support via Health & Wellness Facilitators, conducts social and peer-support groups, delivers the award-winning “Towards Wellness” programme and offers advocacy and education to help members chart meaningful pathways towards living well despite a chronic condition.
By supporting CCIS’s Community Group Fund, you enable this vital service to continue building capacity, reach more people, enhance programmes, and ensure that those with chronic illness in the Bay of Plenty region, along with their families, feel seen, supported and connected.
Donate Now
Giving to the Complex Chronic Illness Support Fund is straightforward and impactful. You can make a gift online through The Acorn Foundation’s donation form, simply select the CCIS fund from the list. If you’d prefer a personal conversation about how your donation might make a lasting impact (for example via a named gift, legacy giving or structured giving plan), the Acorn team would be delighted to chat with you.
Every contribution, whether modest or significant, helps ensure that Complex Chronic Illness Support has the sustainable funding it needs to continue supporting people living with complex illness, their whānau and the wider community for many years to come.
Website: ccisupport.org.nz
Phone Number: 07 281 1481
