# Interview with Jon Brooks of The Big Give

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/15/interview-jon-brooks-big-give/
- Published: 2008-12-15T11:33:59+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A week after donor information site The Big Give raised £2 million in matched donations
for several hundred charities, UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake met up with its director,
Jon Brooks.

In a 10 minute interview, we covered the following questions:

* what does The Big Give do, who set it up and why?

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* one year on, what has the website achieved, and what have you learned?

* do major donors give online? How do they use the web?

* you’ve undertaken a number of campaigns offering matched giving or vouchers, most
notably your £2 million campaign last week. Do you have any similar initiatives 
planned?

* as well as the success of the £2 million campaign, you received complaints from
two charities. Have these issues been resolved yet?

* has The Big Give brought new donors to the sector, or would these donors have 
given anyway?

* what impact do you think the recession has had or will have on big gifts?

www.thebiggive.org.uk

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