# #GivingTuesday sees almost 2,000 charities & businesses take part - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/28/givingtuesday-sees-almost-2000-charities-businesses-take-part/ - Published: 2017-11-28T12:20:17+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **Almost 2,000 charities and businesses, as well as many individuals, are taking part in today’s #GivingTuesday , according to The Charities Aid Foundation, which coordinates the event in the UK.**   Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, [#GivingTuesday](http://www.givingtuesday.org.uk/) encourages people to do good for others, such as donating money to charity, volunteering in their community, or offering to help a friend or neighbour. Many businesses and charities also take part with #GivingTuesday partners including BT, the Big Give, Morrisons, RBS, The Entertainer, Sainsbury’s, RSPCA and Save the Children. ## Advertisement   Some of the activities planned by CAF’s #givingtuesday partners include:   * RBS is matching staff payroll giving donations, emailing all My Reward customers, promoting messages via social media and ATMs, and engaging with charity partners * Thomson Reuters is encouraging people to sign up to payroll giving and a volunteering scheme * Facebook is matching donations on its platform up to £200k * BT** **is lighting up its tower to promote #givingtuesday * Mastercard** **is encouraging its staff and cardholders to get involved. Employees can make a donation to charity that Mastercard will match, and when Mastercard holders make a donation of £5 to The World Food Programme, which can feed a whole class of children, it will be doubled * Morrisons is running in-store promotions including its first ever ‘Giving Tuesday’ bouquet, which sees 50p from each sale go to [CLIC Sargent](http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/). The store is also giving customers the option to add £1 to their bill at checkouts, which will go directly to the charity   > I think half the flowers are fuschia/ > The others are sort of off white/Buy them > from [@Morrisons](https://twitter.com/Morrisons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & donate > to [@CLIC_Sargent](https://twitter.com/CLIC_Sargent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)/And you'll > have done [#GivingTuesday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GivingTuesday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > right. [pic.twitter.com/kLj3AM7aRg](https://t.co/kLj3AM7aRg) > — JoeBurnsMCR (@JoeBurnsMCR) [November 28, 2017](https://twitter.com/JoeBurnsMCR/status/935471481814953985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   * Toy store The Entertainer will be playing a promotional video, putting posters in store windows and running an internal campaign on payroll giving * Radley has teamed up with [Dogs Trust](http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/‎) to launch a dog walking backpack and matching coin purses, which will launch on #givingtuesday. 15% of each sale will go directly to Dogs Trust   > Love dogs and fashion? [@radley_london](https://twitter.com/Radley_London?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)& > [@dogstrust](https://twitter.com/DogsTrust?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) have teamed up > to bring you something special for [#givingtuesday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/givingtuesday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/oLaWFaOREP](https://t.co/oLaWFaOREP) [pic.twitter.com/vyfZOZqJt5](https://t.co/vyfZOZqJt5) > — #GivingTuesday UK (@GivingTuesdayUK) [October 24, 2017](https://twitter.com/GivingTuesdayUK/status/922782975678226432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   * Camelot lottery winners will be building ‘gingerbread play houses’ for Zoe’s Place Children’s Hospice in Middlesbrough * Sainsbury’s** **is promoting its GAYE scheme * PayPal** **is launching its _Turkey Dash _Christmas campaign, which will encourage donations to eight major UK charities. A CGI turkey representing each charity will compete in a race, broadcast on Channel 4 on December 15^(th). Online donations from the charities’ supporters will help each turkey ‘train’ for the race         * **Find more examples of [GivingTuesday 2017 activity](https://madlinblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/givingtuesday-2017/) in Madeleine Sugden’s round-up.**     * **[Over 2,000 charities to support this year’s #GivingTuesday](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/12/2000-charities-support-years-givingtuesday/)**( 12 November 2018) * **[Fewer people gave, but gave more this Giving Tuesday](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/06/fewer-people-gave-gave-giving-tuesday/)**( 6 December 2018) * **[More than 3,000 groups already signed up for Giving Tuesday 2019](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/05/more-than-3000-groups-already-signed-up-for-giving-tuesday-2019/)**( 5 November 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)