Appealing for Help!
24th of April, 2017
Where did the last year go?! Amazingly it’s Aviva’s annual appeal time again, and this year it will take place on Friday May 12 and Saturday May 13. We still need collectors, and two hours is all it takes for you to show that family violence is not OK.
The Aviva appeal is one way we can raise money to provide life-changing support to children, women and men in Canterbury living with and overcoming family and sexual violence. It’s also an opportunity to raise awareness about family and sexual violence, and the support that Aviva can provide.
Aviva staff and many of our kind volunteers will be out on the streets in Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley and Rolleston seeking the donations necessary to provide our free services and we’d love to have YOU join us! We particularly need volunteers for sites on Saturday 13 May. You can complete an individual collector form or, if there is a group of you, a group registration form is available at our appeal page. Or if you would like to have an in-house appeal or other fundraising activity at your work, school, community group or family, that is great too – we encourage creativity!
This year Kiwibank are getting behind us and hosting collection buckets inbranch, offering support in collecting at certain sites and counting donations. Maybe you’re part of a business or group which could also help by offering to staff one of our pre-booked sites for one of the collection days?
We need to generate $2 million each year to keep offering the free services that so many people rely on, and less than 40% of our funding comes from government contracts. That means we need your help more than ever. If you can’t volunteer, please consider making a donation. Every dollar raised through the appeal is invaluable in helping to provide our free services to Canterbury families.
How your donation can help:
• $20 helps fund our driving service to collect children for their weekly group programme and return them to school
• $25 buys an emergency cell phone for clients at high risk
• $50 will ensure a victim of sexual assault is supported at the Police or medical centre out of office hours
• $70 buys a personal alarm
• $150 buys morning tea for children’s group for a term
• $500 can provide five weeks of family violence education for a man overcoming his use of violence
• $1,800 enables a child or woman to undertake a life-changing 10-week education programme
Last year 1,500 children, women and men needed our support, and thanks to our supporters, volunteers and staff, they got it. Will you help others to make the journey away from violence this year?
