# Text Santa 2015 beats previous fundraising totals

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/19/text-santa-2015-beats-previous-fundraising-totals/
- Published: 2016-02-19T09:50:37+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**ITV’s 2015 Text Santa appeal was the most successful ever, raising £11m by text
and increasing the previous year’s total by 75 percent.**

‘Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day’ saw £11m raised by 8^(th) January when the donation
phone lines closed. An extra £1m was raised through Primark’s donation of £1.50 
for every Christmas jumper sale, and another £2m through the government’s matching
of public donations for Text Santa charity Save the Children’s international work.

The money goes to the three 2015 Text Santa nominated charities: Macmillan Cancer
Support, Make-A-Wish UK and Save the Children. The charities have already received
the first installment of funds raised, with the rest due to follow by April.

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Since its launch in 2011, Text Santa has raised more than £32 million, with 100 
percent of all donations going directly to the nominated charities.

Text Santa presenter Phillip Schofield said:

> “Text Santa was even bigger and better in 2015 with an amazing result of £11m 
> helping the three Text Santa charities. It’s a great achievement.”

 * **[Applications open for ITV’s Text Santa 2014](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/02/25/applications-open-itvs-text-santa-2014/)**(
   25 February 2014)
 * **[Text Santa asks public to “do your bit in a Christmas knit”](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/15/text-santa-asks-public-to-do-your-bit-in-a-christmas-knit/)**(
   15 October 2015)
 * **[ITV’s Text Santa appeal raises record sum](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/06/itvs-text-santa-appeal-raises-record-sum-of-8-5m/)**(
   6 January 2016)

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