Charity success stories
Get inspiration from other charities and nonprofits fundraising online on JustGiving
Tribe Freedom Foundation
Hear how Tribe Freedom Foundation challenged their fundraisers to improve upon their personal bests, and managed to increase engagement and raise more money in the process.
Princess Alice Hospice
Discover how Princess Alice Hospice, a hospice which provides end of life support across Surrey, South West London and Middlesex, developed their 2018 Santa Run series, and managed to smash their fundraising target by £10,000 in the process.
Disasters Emergency Committee
The DEC had to act when 16 million people were on the brink of starvation following the crisis in East Africa.
Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary
Caring for their animals over Christmas is an expensive business, so Holly Hedge reached out to their supporters to help.
SpecialEffect
In their quest to make gaming available to all, SpecialEffect organise a 24-hour gaming marathon fundraiser to help.
ME Association
The ME Association wanted to highlight the plight of those with ME at Christmas, and fund research to improve their lives year-round
Bloodwise
Bloodwise encouraged their supporters to raise money for the vital research they do in memory of someone they cared for who had been affected by blood cancer
National Osteoporosis Society
The National Osteoporosis Society is a charity that is dedicated to ending the pain and suffering caused by osteoporosis. Using JustGiving’s Fundraising Pages they were able to grow their running events by 40%.
RNLI
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea so it was only fitting to create a fundraising challenge where participants could drink nothing but water for two weeks. Using JustGiving’s Page Creation API they were able to get 1,196 people to fundraise online using their H2Only mobile app.
Sarcoma UK
Sarcoma UK grew their London marathon fundraising by building a "tribe" around their runners - a peer to peer community powered by a JustGiving Campaign
The Sophie Hayes Foundation
The Sophie Hayes Foundation is a small charity that helps victims of human trafficking build hope-filled futures through empowering workshops and mentoring. Using JustGiving's Fundraising Pages they launched their first ever fundraising event and engaged their busy volunteers.
Beating Bowel Cancer
Beating Bowel Cancer is the support and campaigning charity for everyone affected by bowel cancer. Using JustGiving’s Page Creation API they were able to integrate their Decembeard campaign website with JustGiving and significantly increase the number of people fundraising online.
Little Hearts Matter
Little Hearts Matter want to support every child that is undergoing a Fontan procedure in 2018, and launched a Campaign to help.
BEES
BEES - Burm and Emily’s Elephant Sanctuary - provides a home to elephants and animals in need. When one of their elephants was about to be taken from their sanctuary they used JustGiving Campaigns to raise the necessary funds to secure Mae Kam’s freedom.
Time To Talk Befriending
Time to Talk Befriending created an appeal to help ensure that elderly people in the Brighton and Hove area had company at Christmas-time.
SWAN UK
SWAN UK (syndromes without a name) is the only dedicated support in the UK for families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions. They are an initiative of the charity Genetic Alliance UK. SWAN UK was chosen as one of Mumsnet's charities during their Giving Week. Mumsnet matched the donations once the Campaign closed.
Abortion Support Network
Abortion Support Network provides financial assistance and accommodation to the thousands of women who travel from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to England for abortions.
Doctors of the World
Doctors of the World UK is an international humanitarian aid organisation which provides medical care to vulnerable people in over 70 countries worldwide. Their projects range from emergency response to sustainable healthcare development. With the migrant situation in Calais reaching crisis levels, the charity set up a Campaign to help provide aid.