PayPal Giving Fund offers £25k in prizes in June charity competition
Howard Lake | 21 May 2014 | News
The PayPal Giving Fund is offering prizes of up to £10,000 in an eBay for Charity competition that runs throughout June. To enter the competition, charities should ask their supporters to select them as a favourite charity on eBay.
The three charities that receive the most votes in June will win prizes, plus the top small charity (with a turnover of under £1.5 million), will win a prize.
eBay for Charity competition prizes
The prizes on offer are:
- First place – £10,000
- Second place – £7,000
- Third place – £3,000
- Top small charity (under £1.5m turnover) – £5,000
In addition, charity supporters who nominate a favourite charity on eBay during June will be entered to win one of 10 prizes of £500.
Ebay hopes that, by selecting favourite charities, its site users will be encouraged to make donations to these charities when they buy and sell on the site, generating more income for the charities.
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How to enter
The competition is open to charities that are registered with PayPal Giving Fund UK, eBay Inc.’s partner charity which administers the eBay for Charity programme.
PayPal Giving Fund is encouraging charities to persuade their supporters to select them as favourites in June. It is sharing advice on how to do this effectively. For example, it recommends that charities publish vidoes featuring celebrity supporters on the My Favourite Charity campaign page.
[message_box title=”eBay for Charity” color=”blue”]eBay for Charity provides opportunities for buyers and sellers to support their favourite charities. Buyers can shop for items from charity shops online knowing they are supporting a good cause or give to charities by donating at check out when they shop. Sellers, whether they are individuals or businesses, can donate a percentage from any sale to a charity of their choice and add Gift Aid to their donations.
In 2013 eBay Inc saw a 30 percent rise in support for charities online through eBay and PayPal, which rose from £120 million in 2012 to £156 million last year. eBay in the UK has 1,454 charities trading on site. Their sales grew 49% last year, surging from £8.5 million in 2012 to £12.7 million in 2013.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.