# Big Give announces Send A Cow as overall Christmas Challenge Award winner

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/14/big-give-announces-send-cow-overall-christmas-challenge-award-winner/
- Published: 2017-02-14T09:25:17+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Send A Cow is the overall winner of The Big Give’s 2016 Christmas Challenge Awards,
which recognise the match funding campaign’s best performing charities.**

Charities that met or exceeded their online match funding targets were eligible 
to apply, with 58 entering. The overall winner [Send A Cow](https://www.sendacow.org/)
received £3,000 while [Clean Break](http://www.cleanbreak.org.uk/) won second place,
receiving an award of £2,000, while all other winners received an additional £1,000
for their charity.

[South London Cares](http://southlondoncares.org.uk/) took third place in The Big
Give [Christmas Challenge](https://www.thebiggive.org.uk/christmas-challenge/) Awards.
Winners and special mentions were also made in a number of categories: Newcomer,
UK, International, Small (under £1m annual income), Children (sponsored by [The Childhood Trust](http://www.childhoodtrust.org.uk/)),
Arts & Culture, Creative Marketing, and Supporter Engagement.

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[The Big Give](https://www.thebiggive.org.uk/) will share some of the best examples
of supporter engagement and creative marketing on its website.

Sir Alec Reed CBE, founder of the Big Give, said:

> “These charities have demonstrated the scope of what is possible in terms of strategically
> and creatively engaging with supporters through the campaign and I’m sure that
> their work will provide inspiration for other participating charities. All the
> shortlisted charities deserve recognition for standing out amongst a set of excellent
> entries, and congratulations to the winners on their outstanding work.”

 * **[Last chance to apply for Christmas Challenge](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/07/04/last-chance-apply-christmas-challenge/)**(
   4 July 2017)
 * **[Christmas Challenge awards winners announced](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/28/christmas-challenge-awards-winners-announced/)**(
   28 February 2018)
 * **[Applications now open for Big Give Christmas Challenge](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/21/applications-now-open-big-give-christmas-challenge/)**(
   21 May 2018)

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