# Cabinet Office contributes to Grow Your Tenner matched fund for small charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/08/cabinet-office-contributes-grow-tenner-matched-fund-small-charities/
- Published: 2014-09-08T11:30:52+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Office for Civil Society, part of the Cabinet Office, has contributed £250,000
to the matched giving fund for this year’s Grow Your Tenner campaign from Localgiving.
Launching next month, the campaign aims to double all donations through Localgiving.
com up to £10, with the aim of raising £4 million for small local charities.

Small and local charities make up 50% of the UK’s voluntary sector by number of 
organisations, yet they receive only 0.6% of the funding. Localgiving is working
to turn this around, throughout the year, and with this annual campaign.

According to [Localgiving.com](http://www.localgiving.com), “through a combination
of Gift Aid, tax relief, smaller local match funds and online donations, a single
donation of £100,000 from a generous individual could facilitate up to £650,000 
worth of donations to thousands of local charities across the country, at a cost
of just £68,750 to that person”.

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## £3m raised since 2012

[Grow Your Tenner was first run in 2012](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/18/localgiving039s-grow-your-tenner-campaign-match-donations-small-charities-england/).
In its first two years it has raised **£3 million** for small local charities.

## More matched funding sought

The not-for-profit social enterprise is inviting other philanthropists to add to
the matched giving fund, to boost the impact of donations to small charities. One
philanthropist has already donated £250,000.

It argues that it “would be near impossible for a philanthropist to personally identify
thousands of local charities to donate to, but through match funding, a large donation
is easily and democratically spread across multiple groups”.

Brooks Newmark, Minister for Civil Society, said:

> “Whether it is supporting children with Down’s syndrome, helping trafficked women
> or supporting community arts projects, local charities provide valuable services
> within communities across the UK. The Government’s matched fund grant for Localgiving’s
> Grow Your Tenner campaign is an effective way to make donations go further and
> help small charities thrive. We want as many donors as possible to help increase
> this fund and see the difference it can make.”

Marcelle Speller, chairman and founder of Localgiving, added:

> “Small, local charities make an incredible difference to the communities they 
> work in but, sadly, many are struggling and in great need of our support. Grow
> Your Tenner is a fantastic opportunity for philanthropists to maximise the effect
> of their giving – a single and simple donation will have a widespread effect, 
> making a huge difference to potentially thousands of small charities, which simply
> isn’t possible any other way”.

 * **[Localgiving to triple 1,000 £10 donations on Giving Tuesday](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/12/01/localgiving-triple-1000-10-donations-giving-tuesday/)**(
   1 December 2014)
 * **[Localgiving raises £1.6 million for local charities through national Grow Your Tenner campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/01/08/localgiving-raises-1-6m-local-charities-national-grow-tenner-campaign/)**(
   8 January 2015)
 * **[Localgiving to run £5 match fund campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/01/10/localgiving-run-5-match-fund-campaign/)**(
   10 January 2015)