# TheGivingMachine celebrates 10 years of helping charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/12/thegivingmachine-celebrates-10-years-helping-charities/
- Published: 2017-04-12T09:17:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**TheGivingMachine is celebrating its tenth year, during which it has generated 
more than £1.3 million in free donations.**

 

Over £57 million of sales have been made via [TheGivingMachine site](http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk),
generating 1.8 million donations. The £1.3m raised in donations has benefited over
7,000 UK-based charities, schools and good causes, from large national charities
such as the [Alzheimer’s Society](https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/) and [Cancer Research UK](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/‎),
to schools and small local community groups.

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TheGivingMachine has more than 2,000 retailers on its site including John Lewis 
and Amazon, and lets online shoppers raise donations for charities at no cost to
themselves by harnessing sales commissions for online sales and converting them 
into funds. The shopper selects the charity to receive their donations and can support
up to four causes at any one time.

 

The Bishop Stortford-based charity was formed by Richard Morris, Jonathan Bayly,
Craig McKenzie and Mark Clark, who came up with the concept to design a website 
that would allow online shoppers the chance to raise free donations for the charities
of their choice.

 

Last year, the charity revealed [the top ten counties for giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/15/thegivingmachine-reveals-top-10-most-generous-counties/),
with Londoners giving the most donations through TheGivingMachine, followed by Hertfordshire.

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