Thank you for your generosity and support to those affected by the attacks in Christchurch. This official Victim Support Givealittle page is now closed.

Any donations that you wish to see placed in a fund for the ongoing support of those rebuilding their lives after the mosque attacks can be directed to the Christchurch Foundation at:

https://christchurchfoundation.org.nz/giving/our-people-our-city-fund/donate

If you wish to donate to the ongoing work of Victim Support, working nationwide with all victims of crime, trauma or loss, you can donate here:

https://secure.fundraiserpro.com/donate/VictimSupport/

Donate to support victims of the horrific Canterbury shootings.

This is the official Victim Support donation page for victims of the Canterbury shootings.

Dozens of families have been bereaved and many more injured by today's horrific shootings. They deserve our help and support! All donations received to this page will be used to provide support and resources for people affected by the Christchurch shootings and their family members.

UPDATE 1:

In light of the generous response towards Victim Support's Givealittle Page, Spark Foundation have decided to sponsor the service fee of this page (excluding third party transaction costs). The service fee contribution from Spark Foundation will be donated directly to Victim Support to coincide with the page payment.

UPDATE 2:

Thanks to those who have asked for more detail around how these funds will be used to support victims and their families.

We want to be really clear about this, this money is being ring-fenced and is NOT for Victim Support's regular operating costs.

There will be many needs that victims have - some financial, some for support, and many other needs too. It is important that there is enough flexibility in the fund criteria that we can respond to those needs at they continue to emerge, whatever they may be. We are still in the immediate aftermath of the event and distribution criteria are currently being developed as quickly as possible.

We've been overwhelmed with donations - more than we thought possible - and we now need to create more formal processes than would be needed for the much smaller fund we expected this page would create. It's going to take some time to do this, but we’re committed to an open and inclusive process and we'll keep you updated on our website http://www.victimsupport.org.nz.

Our latest update can be viewed here: http://www.victimsupport.org.nz/an-update-on-our-givealittle-page/

UPDATE 3:

Thank you to everyone who contacted us to ask questions about our Christchurch Shooting Victims’ Fund. To help answer some of your questions we have put together some FAQs. They can be found on our website here:

http://www.victimsupport.org.nz/faqs-about-our-christchurch-shooting-victims-fund/

We have been overwhelmed by the ongoing generosity of New Zealanders and the world and thank everyone who has given so far.

UPDATE 4:

We are delighted to let you know that the entire service fee for every donation (including third party transaction costs) will now be passed on to Victim Support's Christchurch Shooting Victims' Fund! Transaction costs are being covered by Westpac and Payment Express, meaning and the whole 5% will be passed on.

Thank you to Westpac NZ and Payment Express, and Spark Foundation who are covering the service fee for this page.

We would also like to thank Givealittle's technology partner Amazon Web Services who are sponsoring the infrastructure upgrade our platform needed to support the unprecedented levels of traffic and donations we are experiencing.

UPDATE 5:

Victim Support Appeal Update: Almost $1.7 million paid to Christchurch victims so far.

“Every day we are seeing the huge impact the public’s generosity is having for victims, from having loved ones able to visit from overseas, to simple things such as relieving the stress of the weekly grocery shop.”

Read more here:

http://www.victimsupport.org.nz/victim-support-appeal-update-almost-1-7-million-paid-to-christchurch-victims-so-far/

UPDATE 6 (10 May 2019):

Thank you for your incredible generosity! By next week, we will have released $7 million of support directly to victims. Today we released our Fund Plan, which you can read about here: http://www.victimsupport.org.nz/victim-support-outlines-fund-plan-for-victims-of-christchurch-attacks/