Vic's Good Friday appeal raises $17.5 mill

Victorians have donated almost $17.5 million for the Royal Children's Hospital in this year's Good Friday Appeal.

Victorians have raised almost $17.5 million for the Royal Children's Hospital in the annual Good Friday Appeal.

The appeal has been running since 1931 and collected more than $308 million for the hospital over the 85 years.

The event raised $17,445,624 on Friday, including $3.6 million raised by with rural and regional appeal collectors.