# Jo Cox MP appeal is “largest and fastest growing UK campaign” on GoFundMe

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/19/jo-cox-mp-appeal-largest-fastest-growing-uk-campaign-gofundme/
- Published: 2016-06-19T21:43:28+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The charity fundraising appeal in celebration and memory of the life of Jo Cox
has become “the largest and fastest growing UK campaign” on crowdfunding site GoFundMe**.

The campaign [raised over £550,000 in just over one day.](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/18/fundraising-appeal-memory-jo-cox-mp-raises-400k-one-day/)
In its first four hours it raised over £62,000, which jumped to over £150,000 after
seven hours on Friday. It currently stands at **£766,000**, donated in just over
two days, consisting of 24,367 donations.

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![Jo Cox memorial event in London's Trafalgar Square. Photo: Howard Lake](https://
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Jo Cox memorial event in London’s Trafalgar Square. Photo: Howard Lake

The previous largest campaign on the site was [#Donate4Mike](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/09/uks-fastest-ever-gofundme-campaign-raises-430k-nine-days/),
which raised **£452,511**, of which £430,000 was raised in nine days.

The record for the largest and fastest growing crowdfunding appeal anywhere in the
world on GoFundMe to date was also set this week. In six days **$5.4m** was donated
to the [GoFundMe campaign for the victims of the Orlando Pulse mass shooting](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/17/record-sum-raised-gofundme-orlando-shooting-victims/).

 * **[Great Get Together beer to raise funds for the Jo Cox Foundation](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/13/great-get-together-beer-raise-funds-jo-cox-foundation/)(
   13 June 2017)**