We did it! We secured £8,000 matchfunding for The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022
Thank you to every one of our Pledgers for kickstarting our matchfunding for The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022.
After we secured £4,000 in Pledges from our supporters, we were awarded a further £4,000 by The Big Give’s Champion funders.
Now we have £8,000 of matchfunding to for The Big Give Christmas Challenge, meaning we could raise an incredible £16,000 during the Challenge this year!
This year, The Big Give Christmas Challenge takes place from Tuesday 29th November (midday) to Tuesday 6th December (midday), and any donation made through our Big Give page will be doubled with the matchfunding mentioned above.
Quadruple your Donation with The Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is back!
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest match-funding event and this year it takes place from Tuesday 29th November (midday) to Tuesday 6th December (midday).
Over the past two years we’ve raised over £19,000 during the two Challenge weeks and we’re excited to be taking part again.
One Donation, Four Times The Impact
Can you pledge a gift to kick-start our Big Give campaign?
Your pledge will help kick-start our match-funding pots for The Big Give Christmas Challenge, and could be match-funded as much as four times with donations from the public and Big Give Champions!
We’re hoping to secure £4,000 in Pledges, which could be quadrupled to £16,000!
The minimum Pledge is £100, and your pledged donation won’t be collected until after 6th December when the Christmas Challenge week finishes.
Pledge your donation here:
https://www.thebiggive.org.uk/s/pledge?campaignId=a056900002NiPd5AAF
Please note: The deadline for collecting pledges is 11:59pm, Sunday 11th September
Why We’re Raising Money
For The Big Give Challenge this year we are raising funds for three projects:
Our Advice Service
We are raising money to fund our Advice Service that provides free, confidential legal advice and practical support for refugees and asylum seekers in Berkshire. As families arrive in Berkshire from Afghanistan, we’re expecting the demand for this service to dramatically increase.
We are aiming to raise £5,333 to fund this service for at least 2.5 months.
Find out more about our Advice Service here
Our Drop In Service
We are raising money to fund our Drop In Service that provides a safe space, social interaction, English lessons, access to a Caseworker and much more for refugees and asylum seekers in Berkshire. As families arrive in Berkshire from Afghanistan, we’re expecting the demand for this service to dramatically increase.
We are aiming to raise £5,333 to fund this service for at least three months.
Click here to find out more about our Drop In Service
Our Homework Club for schoolkids
We are raising money to fund our Homework Clubs. Our Homework Clubs help refugee schoolchildren with their homework so that they can catch-up on missed education and achieve more at school. We’ve recently restarted the clubs after COVID and need funding to continue running them.
We are aiming to raise £5,333 to fund this service for at least six months.
Your Donation Quadrupled
By pledging a gift as part of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, your pledged donation could be quadrupled by donations from the public and The Big Give’s Champion Funders.
- If you pledge £100, your donation could be worth £400.
This would fund four Homework Club sessions, providing help with schoolwork for roughly twenty refugee schoolchildren. - If you pledge £200, your donation could be worth £800.
This would fund a Caseworker for two weeks providing advice and support to roughly 50 families and individuals. - If you pledge £500, your donation could be worth £2,000.
This would fund our Drop In Centre for roughly six weeks, providing a safe space, education and practical help for hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers.
Sign up and Pledge here:
https://www.thebiggive.org.uk/s/pledge?campaignId=a056900002NiPd5AAF
Please note: The deadline for collecting pledges is 11:59pm, Sunday 11th September. The minimum Pledge is £100 and your pledged donation won’t be collected until after 6th December.
What we’ve achieved so far
During the last two year’s we’ve achieved so much through The Big Give Christmas Challenge have been amazing and we’re really excited to be doing it again!
With your support we raised an incredible £19,577 during the two Challenge weeks, made up of:
- Pledges from 35 committed supporters totalling £4985
- Champion Funding from The Big Give totalling £4621
- Donations from supporters during the two Challenge weeks totalling £9971
This year we’re aiming to raise £16,000 through The Christmas Challenge, and we need your help to do it!
Thank you for supporting us through The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2021 and helping refugees and asylum seekers to rebuild their lives here in Berkshire.
