# 24-hour gaming marathon to raise funds for SKFF

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/13/24-hour-gaming-marathon-raise-funds-skff/
- Published: 2016-09-13T07:46:33+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A 24-hour gaming marathon is taking place in October, to raise funds for the [Sick Kids Friends Foundation](http://www.edinburghsickkids.org)(
SKFF).**

[Sick Kids Save Point](http://www.sickkidssavepoint.com) is organised by gamer Tom
Freeman on behalf of the charity, and is now in its seventh year. So far it has 
raised £94,000 for the SKFF, and this year takes place the weekend of Saturday 15th
and Sunday 16th October.

Participants can take part on a console, computer, mobile phone, on social media
or by playing board games, and can do so as part of a team or on their own. Entry
is free, and participants are asked to tweet updates using the hashtag #sksp on 
Twitter during the marathon.

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All funds raised from the event will go towards supporting Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital
for Sick Children’s move to a new, purpose-built home at Little France in 2017, 
for which the SKFF has committed to contribute £2.9million in enhancements, patient
and family services, and therapies.

Freeman said:

> “The whole thing started in 2009. My daughter was just a baby and I wasn’t getting
> much sleep anyway, so the idea of playing games for 24 hours seemed like [a novel fundraising idea](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/06/effective-fundraising-ideas-for-charities-in-2017/)
> for a vital local charity. I had no idea it would snowball into an annual event
> which has seen hundreds of people take part from around the world.”

 * **[Sick Kids Save Point charity gaming marathon reaches £100,000 landmark](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/08/sick-kids-save-point-charity-gaming-marathon-reaches-100000-landmark/)**(
   8 November 2016)
 * **[CLIC Sargent campaign invites gamers to fundraise](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/10/30/clic-sargent-campaign-invites-gamers-to-fundraise/)**(
   30 October 2019)
 * **[Help for Heroes asks gamers to Hero Up to support wounded veterans](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/03/12/help-for-heroes-asks-gamers-to-hero-up-to-support-wounded-veterans/)**(
   12 March 2020)

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