# Everydayhero offers £1,000 in Giving Tuesday competition

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/20/everydayhero-offers-1000-in-giving-tuesday-competition/
- Published: 2015-11-20T11:46:58+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Blackbaud company everydayhero™, the digital fundraising platform, is to offer
£1,000 to the winners of a competition to mark Giving Tuesday, the global day of
charitable giving.**

UK residents ages 13+ can enter the competition by telling @everydayheroUK how they
are supporting their charity of choice using the phrase, “I’m #GivingTuesday to,”
via Twitter or Facebook. Entrants must tag the charity’s Twitter or Facebook name
for the entry to be eligible.

There are **three prizes of £500, £300 and £200** on offer, which will be donated
to the respective winners’ chosen charity.

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Charities can invite their supporters to enter on their behalf. [Everydayhero has produced resources](https://www.everydayhero.com/uk/givingtuesday-2015)
such as a mobile-responsive HTML email template and social media images for free
download to assist.

![everydayhero Giving Tuesday competition](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/
uploads/2015/11/GivingTuesday_1.jpg)

The details and terms and conditions of the competition are on [everydayhero’s Giving Tuesday section](https://www.everydayhero.com/uk/givingtuesday-2015).

The competition runs from 24 November to 1 December. The three winners will be announced
live, via Periscope, at 4:00 pm on 1 December.

 

![everydayhero Giving Tuesday competition](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/
uploads/2015/11/GivingTuesday_2.jpg)

 

John Bird, General Manager of everydayhero UK & IE, explained why the company was
running the competition. He said:

> “Charities Aid Foundation reported that 35% of Britons said they are likely to
> donate to charity on [#GivingTuesday](http://www.givingtuesday.org.uk). This #
> GivingTuesdayTo campaign is our way of providing a quick and easy way to help 
> get the other 65% involved, and helps build social awareness for the charities”.

 

![everydayhero Giving Tuesday competition](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/
uploads/2015/11/GivingTuesday_4.jpg)

 

![everydayhero Giving Tuesday competition](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/
uploads/2015/11/GivingTuesday_3.jpg)

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