# Facebook launches personal fundraising tool in the UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/09/facebook-launches-personal-fundraising-tool-uk/
- Published: 2017-11-09T08:00:59+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Facebook has launched its personal fundraiser tool in the UK. Previously [launched in the US back in March](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/31/facebook-introduces-personal-fundraising-tools/),
the tool enables individuals to raise money for a specific charity, or for personal
causes.**
Users can create a fundraiser in support of a specific charity, chosen
from a dropdown list. To launch a campaign, users must be over 18, and must go to
[facebook.com/fundraisers](https://www.facebook.com/fundraisers), find Create in
the menu and then click on Fundraiser, or tap the menu icon on their mobile and 
and select Fundraisers. They can then select the Raise Money button, select a charity
from the list available and decide how much they wish to raise and by what date.
People can also search for fundraising campaigns to support by category, such as
animals, education, crisis relief, and personal emergency. The recipient charity
receives the donations raised through Facebook.

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The first steps via mobile

 If someone creates a fundraiser for themselves or someone else, they must also
choose a category for their fundraiser to be displayed under, and all donations 
are sent to their personal bank account through Stripe, Facebook’s fundraising payment
processor.Fundraisers are public so anyone on or off Facebook can see them, and 
Facebook will also tell the user’s chosen charity that a fundraiser has been created
for them. Once someone has created a fundraiser, they can invite their friends to
donate, post updates, and thank people for donating, all without leaving Facebook.
When someone donates to a fundraiser, they can then share it and invite their friends.

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