GivingTuesday showcased at Westminster event
Howard Lake | 12 November 2014 | News
Charities and businesses that are supporting the #GivingTuesday campaign in the UK yesterday met with MPs in Westminster to help promote the new initiative to promote charitable giving and action at the start of the festive season.
More than one hundred organisations attended, of the 500 who have signed up to the campaign which is running for the first time in the UK this year. The day, 2 December, is being marked internationally as a day of giving to support fundraising, awareness raising and volunteering, as a contrast to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales at the start of the festive shopping season.
The #unselfie is a hallmark of the #GivingTuesday campaign
Minister for Civil Society Rob Wilson MP pledged his support for the campaign.
UK GivingTuesday partners include Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, RSPCA, RNIB, RBS, Facebook, Argos, Homebase, Glamour, the i paper, Rosie’s Rainbow Fund, Victim support, Breast Cancer Care, National Union of Students, BT, Blackbaud, JustGiving, and UK Fundraising.
In the UK the movement is being led by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), working closely with Blackbaud, the Cabinet Office, and a wide range of charities, companies and sector bodies.
Hannah Terrey, Head of Policy and Campaigns at the Charities Aid Foundation, said:
“We are thrilled at the enthusiasm of parliamentarians, charities and businesses who plan use this global movement to support the causes they care deeply about. Today’s event is all about sharing ideas and shouting about the work charities do to make the world a better place”.
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UK Fundraising has supported Giving Tuesday since it was first announced in the UK. You can join us by signing up for a Thunderclap announcement on the day to help promote the initiative.
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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.