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 tons of of hundreds of thousands of kilos and making a actual distinction for charities like yours.
It’s time to share 2024’s largest, finest, and most stunning Moments That Mattered. However with so many, the place can we even begin?
Fortunately, we took notes (and photos – heaps and plenty of photos)!
As a result of folks didn’t solely elevate cash. They devoted their time, power, ardour, love, coronary heart, and soul to lift over £584 million (!) for what issues.
Prepared for Moments That Mattered? Let’s take a look at the wonderful folks, tales, and highlights of 2024.
This publish highlights just a few of our group’s wonderful achievements in 2024. Take a look at the complete assortment on our Moments That Mattered web page!
£584m raised for UK charities in 2024
Let’s kick this off with one of the crucial wonderful 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 influence much more!
Have a tissue helpful? As a result of right here’s the emotional video of after we referred to as the winner to allow them to know they’ve gained one among these huge donations.
19,000 JustGiving marketing campaign pages created by charities
Charities used Marketing campaign Pages for every part from annual appeals, fundraising occasions, and particular tasks.
400+ world document makes an attempt
The JustGiving group isn’t like another – they go the space for his or her causes! Over 400 awe-inspiring fundraisers aimed for brand new world data, like when the epic Lloyd Martin raised £18,000 and made historical past because the youngest particular person 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% enhance from 2023!
After dropping each grandparents to dementia, brothers Joe and Ben ran 10k each single day in January to help 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 kids…
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 classes of radiotherapy therapy.
To the “human disco ball” Freya Morgan, whose put her authorized abilities to work to lift £21,000 to help migrants…
These fundraisers are a few of the most unbelievable we’ve ever heard of. Meet the 2024 winners, finalists, celeb judges, and extra!
Zoe’s Place saved!
What occurs when folks commit to creating a distinction collectively? They permit life-saving causes to proceed doing their wonderful work.
That’s precisely what occurred when tons of of fundraisers and tens of 1000’s of supporters raised £6.5 million on JustGiving to avoid wasting Zoe’s Place Child Hospice, which may now proceed to assist infants with life-threatening situations.
New options for charities
At JustGiving, we’re at all times working to make fundraising simpler, sooner, and extra accessible for charities, fundraisers, donors, and supporters alike.
In 2024, we launched a bunch of shiny new options, updates, and modifications 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 power for charities to attain 1000’s of latest supporters and lift more cash with Let’s Do This, the UK’s largest endurance occasion market, immediately via 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 making 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 just a few of 2024’s finest JustGiving moments. See the complete checklist of moments, milestones, and reminiscences.
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