The Big Give makes it easy for
you to find and support charities and projects that suit your interests. Essentially,
the Big Give is a search engine and a secure way for you to give to the
charities of your choice. However, the Big Give goes far beyond the provision
of a donation platform.
They aim to:
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Promote intelligent giving
•
Make your donation go further
than ever before
•
Help you find and support new
charities by giving more than just money
They achieve this by running
several programmes, including their Christmas
Challenge and Trustee Finder.
Every year, the Big Give runs a
matched funding event called the Christmas
Challenge where you could have your donation matched, making your support
to your favourite charity go even further! Their previous four Challenges have
already raised over £30million for charities working all around the world –
hope you will enjoy participating in the 2012 extravaganza! Choose charities to
donate to here!
When should I make my
donation during the Christmas Challenge?
Matched funds will be released at 10am GMT on the
morning of the 6th, 7th and 8th December. Online donations are matched
on a first come, first serve basis and your online donation will be matched as
long as there are matched funds still available. As such, you
should try to make your online donation as close to 10am on these three
mornings as possible. The Christmas Challenge will conclude once
all of the matched funds have been exhausted. In the event that matched
funds continue to remain available, the Christmas Challenge will finally close on 19th December at 5pm.
What if I am donating
from abroad?
As the Christmas Challenge is hosted in the UK, all references to time are
Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT. If you are donating from abroad, you will need to
donate via the Big Give from 10am GMT and you can check what time that is where
you are by clicking here.
Where should I make my
online donation during the Christmas Challenge?
To have a chance of making a
matched donation, you must click the ‘Donate Online Now’ button on the
Christmas Challenge project page of the charity that you wish to donate to (choose your charities
here). Please note that only online donations made to the
project selected for the Christmas Challenge will be matched. To see what your
donation will be worth, use the donation calculator.
Who is matching my
donation?
Online donations will be matched using a combination of pledges from charities’
major donors and trustees, and externally sourced Charity Champion funding.
How much can I donate
during the Challenge?
Up to £5,000 will be matched per donor to any given charity. Donations
over this amount will have the first £5,000 doubled (if funds are available)
and the surplus will be processed as a normal unmatched donation. Please note
that the minimum online donation is £5.
What payment methods are
accepted?
Donations must be made online using a debit/credit card. The following card
types are accepted:
Mastercard / Visa / Maestro / Switch / Solo / Delta /
American Express
Find
out more about the many Big Give Opportunities, including their Philanthropy in School
Programme and Christmas Challenges. To read more about how these can increase
the value of your donation, click here.
To
read Success Stories about how the Big Give programmes are already
making an impact around the world, click here.
An overview of the Big Give in
numbers…
•
£32,000,000 raised in 4 Christmas Challenges
•
£3,000,000 claimed in Gift Aid on online donations
•
£600,000 raised over 4 emergency matched funds
•
Over 60,000 online
donations
•
Over 9,500 charities
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Over 7,000 projects
•
770 pupils taking part in Philanthropy in Schools programmes in 15 UK
schools
Do your part to support your chosen
cause this Christmas by using Big Give to help your donations go further!
Donate on 6th, 7th and 8th December (and
possibly beyond!).
Blessings!
Ronell x
“Give generously to them
and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will
bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.” {Deuteronomy 15:10}
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