# Give as you Live raises £8 million for UK charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/09/give-live-raises-8-million-uk-charities/
- Published: 2017-03-09T10:12:36+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Shopping and giving platform Give as you Live has now raised more than £8 million
for charities.**

 

 

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The site enables individuals to shop at 4,100 online retailers, such as John Lewis
and ASOS, and generate a percentage of the purchase value as a donation to any of
220,000 UK charities and good causes. The donation is made by Give as you Live on
the shopper’s behalf from the commission paid by the retailer.

 

## Successful 2016

 

The £8 million milestone was reached following a very successful year for the service,
which started in 2010. Give as you Live reported 14,800 new shoppers and 1,450 new
charities signing up, and an annual total of over £380,000 raised for charities.

 

 

 

Annabelle Risdon, head of charities at [Give as you Live](http://www.giveasyoulive.com),
commented, “After a brilliant 2016 and a strong start to 2017, achieving the milestone
of £8 million raised for UK charities is the cherry on top. While it’s great to 
see such a high figure, the better part of this is knowing how this money will benefit
the charities we work with, be they small, local community groups or large, well-
known charities. Our work isn’t done yet though, and we’re continuing to plan new
innovations that will bring further ways for charities to boost revenue, so watch
this space.”

 

## Born Free’s £12,000

 

International wildlife charity Born Free has raised more than £12,000 via the site
in the seven years it has been operating.

 

 

 

Helen Usher, marketing accounts manager at Born Free said: “It’s essential that 
we have a reliable, guaranteed core budget to keep us going day-to-day and to fill
any gaps we can’t find specific funding for, and the money from Give as you Live
fills this pot. For us, the main benefit of Give as you Live is increasing supporter
numbers without them needing to make a large commitment, like a monthly direct debit.
It also gives corporate partners a simple way to be involved.”

 

## Range of fundraising opportunities

 

Give as you Live products are free for charities. They now cover a range of different
ways of raising funds.

 

• Give as you Switch, where users can compare and switch insurance or energy provider
while raising a donation for a charity of their choice

 

• Personalised greeting cards, where users can send cards to friends and family 
that raise up to £1 per card for the charity of their choice.

 

• Customisable fundraising pages and fundraising groups for charities, schools, 
companies and more on the [Everyclick](http://everyclick.com) website

 

• Bespoke marketing campaigns for charities throughout the year

 

• Reduced printing costs for charities and businesses through its specialist Print
Management Service

 

 

 

Give as you Live’s vision is to set the industry standard for innovative charity
fundraising in the UK. For more information about Give as you Live, please visit:

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