Nominations are now open for this year’s GoCardless JustGiving Awards

The GoCardless JustGiving Awards are back to celebrate another year of incredible fundraisers.

Created by the UK’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving, and sponsored by bank payments company, GoCardless, the awards celebrate people of all ages and backgrounds who have achieved extraordinary feats for charities across the world.

This will be JustGiving’s twelfth award ceremony and this year, there are over half a million fundraisers across the world eligible for nomination.

Members of the public have until 11th April 2024 to nominate a JustGiving fundraiser that they feel deserves to win one of the eight awards presented on the night.

Once nominations have closed, a panel of judges will agree on 24 finalists and then it’s up to the public to vote via the organisation’s website from 1^st July 2024.

On 18th September 2024, eight winners will be announced at the ceremony at London’s iconic Roundhouse in front of some of the biggest celebrities and fundraising legends in the country.

Winners will be presented with their official trophies by well-known faces from the world of celebrities and sport.

Last year’s attendees included Bill Bailey, Jamie Laing, Angela Griffiths, Faye Winter, Josh Patterson and Matt Edmondson.

Previous award winners include Gary McKee who was crowned 2023’s Endurance Fundraiser of the Year after running 365 marathons in 365 days, raising more than £1 million for Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria.

Eight-year-old Harry Smith was awarded Young Fundraiser of the Year after he swam a mile, climbed Britain’s highest mountain and cycled the journey home from the hospital that cared for his late sister Emily.

Bill Bailey won Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year for his fundraising work for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of his friend and well-known British comedian, Sean Lock, who passed away in 2021.

This year’s GoCardless JustGiving Awards categories are:

• Young Fundraiser of the Year
• Teen Fundraiser of the Year
• Creative Fundraiser of the Year
• Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year
• Endurance Fundraiser of the Year
• Fundraising Team of the Year
• Outstanding Commitment Award
• Special Recognition Award

Pascale Harvie, President and General Manager of JustGiving said: “Expressing the remarkable efforts of our fundraisers is challenging.

“Their dedication to raising incredible sums of money in order to help others is astounding and it is our honour to shine a spotlight on their outstanding achievements.

“With over 15,000 nominations for JustGiving fundraisers worldwide last year, we eagerly anticipate this year’s entries.”

Pat Phelan, Managing Director UK&I and Chief Customer Officer at GoCardless, said: “JustGiving fundraisers are some of the most amazing people, and hearing their stories makes me feel both inspired and incredibly humbled.

“The GoCardless JustGiving Awards are a simple way to say ‘thank you’ to these selfless individuals and celebrate their contributions to the causes that are close to their heart.

“If you know an unsung hero who deserves to be recognised, please don’t hesitate — nominate them today.”

To nominate please visit: https://page.justgiving.com/justgiving-awards-nominations

Terms and Conditions can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/hub/happening-now/justgiving-awards/justgiving-awards-terms-and-conditions

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About JustGiving
JustGiving is the world’s most trusted platform for online giving. We help people raise money for the charities and people they care about the most. In 2000, JustGiving.com began with one simple goal – to enable charities to receive donations online from anywhere in the world. Fast forward 23 years and over $9 billion has been raised for good causes in almost every single country in the world.

JustGiving became part of Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good in 2017.

To note – JustGiving does not charge a fee on donations but instead operates a voluntary contribution model, meaning people donating can choose to leave a ‘tip’ if they wish. The only non-optional fee is a 1.9% + 20p to cover card payment charges.