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Your gift to Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | The University of Canterbury will ensure that UC continues to provide vital services in our community and a world-class learning experience for students.

Support any of these funds from our donations page, which is organised based on your country of residence for taxation purposes.

Pasifika Outreach and Mentoring Programme

The UCMe XL programme provides mentors who work with Pasifika students from secondary schools around Ōtautahi Christchurch, inspiring and supporting them to help achieve more academically and encouraging them to consider tertiary education as an option.

Find out more:

• UCMe XL
• UC Pacific Development Team Facebook

Te Mātāpuna Mātātahi | Children’s University

As we strive towards equity amongst all New Zealanders, young students across the socioeconomic scale deserve opportunities to learn and develop in fun environments and to be shown that the path to higher education is attainable for everyone. By connecting children to learning opportunities in their local community, Children’s University Canterbury Partnership (CUCP) is working to raise young people’s educational aspirations and encourage life-long learning. CUCP partners with local organisations who provide educational activities and experiences that show children learning is fun and can happen anywhere. The programme is helping children and their whānau gain skills they can use throughout their lives and help build a better New Zealand.

Find out more:

• Visit the Te Mātāpuna Mātātahi | Children's University website
• Email us to find out how you can help: ucfoundation@canterbury.ac.nz

Pukemanu Centre for Child and Family Psychology

The Pukemanu Centre is run by UC's Child and Family Psychology Services and provides free-of-charge support to children and their families/whanau. The Centre is managed by registered psychologists and provides professional training for postgraduate students.

UC CEISMIC

The CEISMIC Earthquake Digital Archive is a world-class online archive of earthquake stories, images and media.

Users will be able to search across New Zealand's digital heritage collections for earthquake-related content and find places where they can contribute their own material.

In addition to preserving the memories and experiences of people of the Canterbury region, UC CEISMIC and the related Quake Studies programme, will provide an essential resource for local and international researchers and students.

Find out more:

• Visit the UC CEISMIC website

UC Arts in the former Chemistry Building, The Arts Centre

UC Arts, located in the former Chemistry building, is home to the new Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, which is now open to the public.

The building will provide student learning in classics and music, including increased opportunities for music performances.

Donations of any size from our alumni and friends throughout the world will be very gratefully received.

The University and the Department of Classics have a number of ongoing needs and opportunities for support which have been identified such as support for the School Outreach programme - bringing the Classics collection to life for high school pupils, a display case, the display and ongoing preservation of one of the mosaics, or support for the preservation of the Logie Collection.

Find out more about the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities:

• Visit the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
• Email us to find out how you can help: ucfoundation@canterbury.ac.nz
• Attend one of our free music events at UC Arts, at the Arts Centre. Find out more about events here

Find out more about the Townsend Teece Telescope Restoration project:

• Visit the Townsend Teece Telescope Restoration project page
• Email us to find out how you can help: ucfoundation@canterbury.ac.nz

The Class of '69 Civil Fund

The Class of ‘69 Civil Fund has been established as a legacy for the future by the 3^rd Pro Civil Engineering class at the University of Canterbury in 1969. We have held four reunions over the years and this fund was set up at the 35^th anniversary and re-affirmed during the 50^th anniversary in October 2019.

By establishing this legacy we hope to be able to:

• elevate the importance of communications within the engineering profession and beyond; and
• make supportive inputs to current reviews of the construction industry.

To ensure financial support for these goals, we seek donations to add to the fund.

All donations are appreciated and can be made here or by contacting ucfoundation@canterbury.ac.nz