# Fundraising appeal in memory of Jo Cox MP raises £400k in one day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/18/fundraising-appeal-memory-jo-cox-mp-raises-400k-one-day/
- Published: 2016-06-18T16:22:26+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**A fundraising appeal set up in memory of Jo Cox MP, the Labour MP and former charity
worker who was killed on Thursday, has raised over £400,000 in just 24 hours.**

 

The appeal, [Jo Cox’s Fund](https://www.gofundme.com/jocox), was set up on crowdfunding
site GoFundMe.com by family and friends of Mrs Cox “in celebration and memory” of
her work and life. These include Nick Grono (CEO, The Freedom Fund), Tim Dixon (
MD, Purpose), Mabel van Oranje (Chair, Girls Not Brides), and Gemma Mortensen (Chief
Global Officer, Change.org). They have worked on it “in close collaboration with
her husband Brendan Cox”.

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The £400,000 total was made up of **13,674** donations.

 

The funds raised will be distributed among three charities “closest to her heart”
and chosen by her family:

 

 * **The Royal Voluntary Service**, to support volunteers helping combat loneliness
   in Jo’s constituency, Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire.
 * **HOPE not hate**, who seek to challenge and defeat the politics of hate and 
   extremism within local communities across Britain.
 * **The White Helmets**, volunteer search and rescue workers in Syria. Unarmed 
   and neutral, these heroes have saved more than 51,000 lives from under the rubble
   and bring hope to the region.

 

Before being elected last year MP for Batley and Spen, Cox worked for charities.
She worked for NSPCC, and for Oxfam and Oxfam International from 2001 to 2009 where
she was head of policy, and also ran the charity’s office in Brussels where she 
led the charity’s campaign for international trade reform.

 

She advised the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and anti-slavery organisation 
The Freedom Fund. She supported many charities, and recently took part in the Parliamentary
Tug of War in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

 

She was chair of the Labour Women’s Network, working to improve the chances for 
women to become MPs.

 

 

 

 

Her husband, Brendan Cox, previously worked for Save the Children.

 

He said hours after her death:

 

> “Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with
> an energy, and a zest for life that would exhaust most people. She would have 
> wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children
> are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that
> killed her.”

 

The rapid response to the appeal has itself made headlines:

 

 * [Jo Cox death: GoFundMe fundraising page for charities supported by MP raises £200,000 in hours](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jo-cox-go-fund-me-fundraiser-page-for-charities-supported-by-mp-raises-200000-in-hours-mp-death-a7088186.html)
 * [Jo Cox: Incredible fundraising effort in memory of murdered MP raises £150,000 in hours](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/jo-cox-fundraising-campaign-in-memory-of-murdered-mp-raises-10000-in-minutes-a3274881.html)
 * [Fundraising campaign in memory of Jo Cox MP raises £100,000 in hours](http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/17/fundraising-campaign-in-memory-of-jo-cox-mp-raises-100000-in-hours-5951844/)

 

 

 

## What charities said about Jo Cox MP

 

> Our thoughts are with Jo Cox MP and her family. [https://t.co/kjtZW1uXBC](https://t.co/kjtZW1uXBC)
> — Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/AmnestyUK/status/743453567776849921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> Our heartfelt thoughts are with the family of Jo Cox. We're shocked and saddened
> by this horrific news. [https://t.co/7o7RsIoe4F](https://t.co/7o7RsIoe4F)
> — Save the Children UK (@savechildrenuk) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/savechildrenuk/status/743493294290776064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> Speaking on behalf of all at [@NSPCC](https://twitter.com/NSPCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> when I express my shock and sadness at the death of Jo Cox MP, a valued former
> work colleague.
> — Peter Wanless (@PeterWanless) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/PeterWanless/status/743480685592186880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> We’re deeply saddened to hear about Jo Cox. Jo was a valued supporter of Macmillan.
> We're sending our heartfelt condolences to her family.
> — Macmillan Cancer Support (@macmillancancer) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/macmillancancer/status/743483546518577156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> Deeply shocked by news about former Oxfam employee Jo Cox MP. [@Mark_Goldring1](https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldring1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> said… [pic.twitter.com/Usyh1iEhFm](https://t.co/Usyh1iEhFm)
> — Oxfam News Team (@oxfamgbpress) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/oxfamgbpress/status/743446299085791232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> All [@oxfamgb](https://twitter.com/oxfamgb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) are devastated
> at the loss of our much loved and admired former [@Oxfam](https://twitter.com/Oxfam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> colleague Jo Cox MP. Deep condolences to Jo's family
> — Oxfam (@oxfamgb) [June 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/oxfamgb/status/743483208323465216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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