# Localgiving to offer six months of matched giving to celebrate six years of Grow Your Tenner

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/07/localgiving-offer-six-months-matched-giving-celebrate-six-years-grow-tenner/
- Published: 2017-09-07T09:00:35+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Localgiving is offering to match monthly donation to its members up to £10 for
a full six months with this year’s Grow Your Tenner campaign, to celebrate six years
of the campaign.**

This means that one-time donations made to a [Localgiving](https://localgiving.org/)
member charity or community group via the Localgiving website during the campaign
will be matched pound-for-pound by up to £10, while monthly donations set up during
the campaign will be matched by up to £10. This matching will take place after the
first six donations, and be applied to the following six donations.

[Grow Your Tenner 2017](https://localgiving.org/what-we-do/campaigns/grow-your-tenner)
kicks off on 17 October at 10am and will run until the match funding runs out (or
Thursday 16th November – whichever comes first).Grow Your Tenner 2017 currently 
has a total match fund pot of £200,000, with £100,000 available for matching one-
time donations and £100,000 for matching monthly donations. During the campaign 
Localgiving members can access a maximum of £1,000 match funding from one-time donations
and £4,000 for monthly donations.

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## $6m raised since 2012

Since 2012 Grow Your Tenner has raised over £6 million for local charities and community
groups across the UK. Grow Your Tenner 2016 raised over £1 million for more than
1,300 groups.

Chris Dormer, Head of Business Development at Localgiving, said:

> “Local charities and community groups offer essential services and support the
> most vulnerable people in society. Sadly their work often goes under the radar,
> making it hard for them to attract the funding they require. Our annual Grow Your
> Tenner campaign provides a great opportunity for communities to connect with their
> local groups and offer their support.
> “The campaign also encourages local charities
> and community groups to engage with online fundraising, a vital funding channel
> for groups looking to take control of their futures.”

In the run-up to Grow Your Tenner 2017 Localgiving will also be hosting a free webinar
series with a special focus on helping groups attract new and regular donors.

Local charities and community groups from across UK can still [sign up](http://join.localgiving.org/)
and participate in Grow Your Tenner 2017.

## WATCH: Intro to Grow Your Tenner 2017