2025 is right here, and this previous 12 months, the JustGiving group hit huge milestones, made unimaginable reminiscences, and reached new heights. All whereas elevating lots of of thousands and thousands of kilos and making a actual distinction for charities like yours.
It’s time to share 2024’s largest, finest, and most lovely Moments That Mattered. However with so many, the place will we even begin?
Fortunately, we took notes (and footage – tons and many footage)!
As a result of individuals didn’t solely elevate cash. They devoted their time, vitality, ardour, love, coronary heart, and soul to lift over £584 million (!) for what issues.
Prepared for Moments That Mattered? Let’s try the superb individuals, tales, and highlights of 2024.
£584m raised for UK charities in 2024
Let’s kick this off with one of the vital superb achievements of all…
JustGiving fundraisers helped charities elevate greater than half a billion kilos in 2024!
Devoted fundraisers created over 1,000,000 JustGiving Fundraising Pages to assist good causes get that a lot nearer to attaining their mission.
A couple of highlights from 2024 embody…
£44 million raised in London Marathon 2024
1000’s of fantastic fundraisers raised as a part of their participation in London Marathon 2024.
Plus, we gave three fortunate fundraisers £2,000 bonus donations to spice up their affect much more!
Have a tissue helpful? As a result of right here’s the emotional video of once we referred to as the winner to allow them to know they’ve gained one in all these huge donations.
19,000 JustGiving marketing campaign pages created by charities
Charities used Marketing campaign Pages for all the pieces from annual appeals, fundraising occasions, and particular tasks.
400+ world file makes an attempt
The JustGiving group isn’t like another – they go the gap for his or her causes! Over 400 awe-inspiring fundraisers aimed for brand spanking new world data, like when the epic Lloyd Martin raised £18,000 and made historical past because the youngest individual with Down Syndrome to finish a marathon.
£200 million raised in health occasions
All in all, fundraisers ran, stroll, cycled, swam, rolled, skipped, and danced a mind-bending 79 million miles in 2024.
That included each passionate fundraisers who joined huge occasions like Nice North Run and London Landmarks Half Marathon, and in addition those that did their very own exercise in their very own time.
Not solely that – fundraisers used JustGiving to lift £155 million from working alone…an 11% improve from 2023!
After dropping each grandparents to dementia, brothers Joe and Ben ran 10k each single day in January to assist Dementia UK:
Probably the most inspiring evening of the 12 months
On the 2024 GoCardless JustGiving Awards, we gave glowing trophies to eight life-changing fundraisers, who raised £16 million mixed.
From the eight Angel Mums who took on a skydive and raised £77,000 in reminiscence of their youngsters…
To 12-year-old Maya Tohid, who raised +£10,000 on JustGiving for Younger Lives Vs. Most cancers by finishing a 100km private working problem throughout 24 periods of radiotherapy remedy.
To the “human disco ball” Freya Morgan, whose put her authorized abilities to work to lift £21,000 to assist migrants…
These fundraisers are among the most unbelievable we’ve ever heard of. Meet the 2024 winners, finalists, movie star judges, and extra!
Zoe’s Place saved!
What occurs when individuals commit to creating a distinction collectively? They permit life-saving causes to proceed doing their superb work.
That’s precisely what occurred when lots of of fundraisers and tens of hundreds of supporters raised £6.5 million on JustGiving to save lots of Zoe’s Place Child Hospice, which may now proceed to assist infants with life-threatening circumstances.
New options for charities
At JustGiving, we’re at all times working to make fundraising simpler, quicker, and extra accessible for charities, fundraisers, donors, and supporters alike.
In 2024, we launched a bunch of shiny new options, updates, and adjustments to make your JustGiving expertise even higher!
Cryptocurrency donations
JustGiving fundraisers can now make donations to charities utilizing over 60 cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, powered by our partnership with The Giving Block.
Let’s Do This
We unlocked the flexibility for charities to attain hundreds of recent supporters and lift more cash with Let’s Do This, the UK’s largest endurance occasion market, straight by means of JustGiving.
Refreshed Marketing campaign Web page design
Marketing campaign Pages (and your supporters’ Fundraising Pages) acquired a brand new coat of paint, with higher personalisation options and readability enhancements.
Three new fundraising technique guides
Whether or not you’re getting ready for London Marathon 2025, planning one other fundraising occasion, or want the step-by-step to a good winter fundraising marketing campaign, we’ve acquired a information for that!
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Much more Moments That Mattered!
The moments above are only some of 2024’s finest JustGiving moments. See the complete listing of moments, milestones, and reminiscences.
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