# Crusaid in successful match-fund appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/03/16/crusaid-successful-matchfund-appeal/
- Published: 2004-03-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Crusaid, the fundraising organisation and independent grant maker for HIV/AIDS, 
will be able to assist up to 350 applicants to the Hardship Fund following a successful
match-fund appeal run by the charity and the Derek Butler Trust.

Following the launch in September 2003 of the “Poverty and HIV” report at the House
of Commons, Crusaid established a targeted appeal to raise funds which would be 
ring-fenced to assist people living in poverty as a result of a positive HIV diagnosis.

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Crusaid supporters were mailed informing them that for every pound raised through
the direct appeal, the Derek Butler Trust would provide an additional £1 in match-
funding. As a result of the campaign, £50,000 has now been raised which will be 
entirely directed into the Hardship Fund, helping some of the poorest people cope
while living with the virus.