# JustGiving seeks angels to spread the giving this Christmas

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/05/justgiving-seeks-angels-spread-giving-christmas/
- Published: 2011-12-05T11:22:27+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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While JustGiving has helped raise over £770 million for 12,000 charities so far,
it does acknowledge that donations do tend to favour the larger, more well-known
charities. So in the run-up to Christmas it is trying to adjust the balance a little
by inviting people to ‘be an angel’ by adopting one of the smaller charities and
help ‘spread the giving’

“Seven out of every ten donations we receive go to just 140 charities”, explains
JustGiving’s website.

In its ‘SpreadTheGiving’ campaign participants will receive charity chosen at random
from the less successful charities on JustGiving, and be encouraged to ‘become their
angel’ and donate £5 or more. Then can then tell their friends and family and invite
them to add their donations.

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![JustGiving Spread the Giving](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/u11/justgiving_spreadthegiving.
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The most successful smaller charities to benefit from SpreadTheGiving so far are:

* The Broom Street Children Project (£100)

* Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (£68)

* Hawk Conservancy Trust (£61)

* The Lake District Calvert Trust (£50)

* Hives Save Lives – Africa (£50)

Within two hours of the launch of the campaign on 2 December, 100 angels had already
donated £1000 and now there are nearly 300 angels.

www.spreadthegiving.com

 * **[22 December sees peak of online donations via JustGiving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/15/22-december-sees-peak-online-donations-justgiving/)**(
   15 December 2011)
 * **[JustGiving Awards 2012 winners announced](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/03/06/justgiving-awards-2012-winners-announced/)**(
   6 March 2012)
 * **[JustGiving raises £1 billion](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/03/28/justgiving-raises-1-billion/)**(
   28 March 2012)