# GivingTuesday showcased at Westminster event

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/12/givingtuesday-showcased-westminster-event/
- Published: 2014-11-12T15:27:15+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
cloud/2026/09/unselfie-caf-parliament-givingtuesday.jpg)

The [#unselfie](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/27/will-selfie-upstaged-unselfie/)
is a hallmark of the #GivingTuesday campaign

Minister for Civil Society Rob Wilson MP pledged his support for the campaign.

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[UK GivingTuesday partners](http://www.givingtuesday.org.uk/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”.

## Support GivingTuesday

UK Fundraising has supported [Giving Tuesday](http://www.givingtuesday.org.uk) 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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