# The Big Give wins Digital Giving Award at Technology4Good Awards 2013

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/07/10/big-give-wins-digital-giving-award-technology4good-awards-2013/
- Published: 2013-07-10T14:39:14+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Not-for-profit online giving platform The Big Give has won the Digital Giving Award
at the [Technology4Good Awards 2013](http://www.technology4goodawards.org.uk/). 
The award, sponsored by NFPtweetup, recognises people or organisations that use 
computers and the Internet in inspiring ways to generate support for charitable 
causes, whether through fundraising or other help in kind.

[The Big Give](http://www.thebiggive.org.uk/) beat competition from other category
finalists Payroll Giving in Action and Healthy Planet.

In just three days over Christmas 2012 The Big Give was used to raise over £10 million
for charities, by doubling 11,000 online donations to 350 participating charities
working in the UK and internationally.

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The [winners of the Technology4Good Awards 2013](http://www.technology4goodawards.org.uk/news/and-the-winners-of-the-technology4good-awards-for-2013-are/),
organised by charity AbilityNet, were announced by Mariella Frostrup at an Awards
Ceremony in London on 4 July. Over 200 entries were received.

**Dame Stephanie Shirley** received a Judges’ Special Award for her philanthropy,
IT career achievements and advocacy for women in IT.

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