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Together we can support students facing hardship

Support students struggling to meet basic needs while balancing study and other commitments.

With the rising cost of living placing increasing pressure on our students, many are being forced to reduce essential spending, including food and nutrition, in order to cover unavoidable expenses such as rent and transport.

Your donation can make a meaningful and immediate difference, helping to ensure that no student has to choose between continuing their studies and meeting their most basic needs.

Contributions to the Student Wellbeing Emergency Fund will provide practical relief when it matters most, including food security support and short-term crisis assistance.

This support can help students stay safe, stable and able to continue their studies when unexpected circumstances arise. Together, we have the opportunity to stand behind our students at their most vulnerable moments and help them remain focused on their future. Even small acts of generosity can have a profound and lasting impact.

The Fund builds on the University’s existing commitment to student wellbeing, including the Food Hub, which provides a free daily breakfast and weekly hampers with free essential and nutritious food to students managing study and living expenses. Additional support includes supermarket food vouchers and fee relief for those experiencing financial difficulty.

This fund makes a material difference to the lives of our students who, for various reasons, find themselves in short-term financial need unable to make ends meet, for whom food and medication is sacrificed to pay down a debt.

Together we can ensure that every student has the opportunity to stay safe, continue their education and thrive – regardless of the challenges they face. Your support can help turn a moment of crisis into a pathway to possibility.