Student Support Fund

AUT Foundation has set up the Student Support Fund as a way for our generous community to easily support our students.

Students are experiencing financial pressures

Every year, more than 2,000 students seek financial support through AUT’s Student Hubs. Due to the increase in the cost of living, the ability of students to support their studies through work is becoming even more difficult. Many students are not only struggling to find affordable housing and put food on the table but also juggling part-time jobs and other commitments alongside their studies. AUT has seen a significant increase in requests for financial assistance to pay for basic living costs. Unfortunately, student needs are now far exceeding the money available to support them.

The types of financial assistance can include:

• Direct bill payments to accommodation, utility, healthcare and childcare providers
• Food and travel vouchers
• Laptop loans and data packages
• Scholarships for accommodation
• Food parcels, free all-day breakfast bar, free campus lunches, and access to period products through the AUT Student Association’s Tautoko and Waiwhero programmes

Student Hub staff see a diverse range of students and are trained in both cultural and social circumstances to guide students to share their stories and needs to reduce shame or stigma. Tailored and culturally centred support is offered for students who are Māori, Pacific, rainbow, have a refugee background or a disability, or are first in family learners.

Give a one-off donation

You can give as a one-off (or annual) donation using the form below or, if you are AUT staff, you can become a regular giver through payroll giving.

AUT Foundation is a charitable entity and we issue tax receipts for each gift. Gifts of money by New Zealand resident taxpayers to a charity receive a 33.33% donations tax credit (up to a limit of total net taxable income for all gifts combined in a given tax year).

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