# England squad has donated over £5 million in match fees in last decade - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/07/03/england-squad-donated-5m-match-fees-last-decade/ - Published: 2018-07-03T07:09:56+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **England’s Gary Neville has spoken out to remind people that the football squad donates all of their match fees to charity, after French player Kylian Mbappé received praise for doing so. ** The England squad donate their match fees through the [England Footballers Foundation](http://englandfootballersfoundation.com/), which was established in 2007 to enable the players to donate both match fees and their time to good causes. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) After Mbappé said “You should not get paid to play for your country” Gary Neville tweeted on 1 July 2018: “Agreed. Every England player has been donating the match fees for 10-15 years!” So far, they have collectively given over £5 million and made more than 300 appearances. The Foundation is currently in a four-year partnership with [The Bobby Moore Fund](https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/become-a-partner/our-charity-partners/bobby-moore-fund) for Cancer Research UK, and is also working with [UNICEF](https://www.unicef.org.uk/), while other charities it has supported include WellChild, Together for Short Lives, Cancer Research UK, Help for Heroes, and The British Forces Foundation. England’s players are believed to receive a payment of about £2,000 each for each match they plan in, and this is donated in full to charity. match payment of about £2,000 each – which has been donated to charity since 2008. > Over 10 years of [@effcharity](https://twitter.com/EFFCharity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)… > over £5million raised, over 300 player appearances, global awareness campaigns > and fundraising events… an inspired idea by the players committee back in 2007 > [pic.twitter.com/08OhLJDHYB](https://t.co/08OhLJDHYB) > — England Footballers (@EFFCharity) [July 1, 2018](https://twitter.com/EFFCharity/status/1013347922795204608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Mbappé has said that he will be donating all of the money he earns from the World Cup to [Premiers de Cordée,](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/07/03/england-squad-donated-5m-match-fees-last-decade/premiersdecordee.org) which helps to organise sports activities for children with disabilities, and of which he is also patron. > [#AllezLesBleus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllezLesBleus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#DENFRA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DENFRA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#FIFA18WorldCup](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIFA18WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#FiersdetreBleus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FiersdetreBleus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@KMbappe](https://twitter.com/KMbappe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@equipedefrance](https://twitter.com/equipedefrance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > 📸 [@pfauquemberg](https://twitter.com/pfauquemberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/y1ExcpMPgS](https://t.co/y1ExcpMPgS) > — Premiers de Cordée (@PremiersdCordee) [June 26, 2018](https://twitter.com/PremiersdCordee/status/1011607512443834369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Other national teams do it as well, including Croatia: > The Croatia National Team are donating all revenue they have received during the > World Cup to a children's charity. > Class! 👏 [#SportforGood](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SportforGood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/YBC8djCuiD](https://t.co/YBC8djCuiD) > — Laureus (@LaureusSport) [July 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/LaureusSport/status/1019869169964273664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) _Editor’s update 14 July 2021_ _According to the English Football Association, women and men players have received the same appearance money since January 2020._   * **[Rudy and Hawa Gestede create the Jaarama Foundation](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/03/03/rudy-and-hawa-gestede-create-the-jaarama-foundation/)**( 3 March 2020) * **[Melchester Rovers to sport the National Literacy Trust logo on its shirts](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/07/22/roy-of-the-rovers-melchester-charity-shirt-sponsor/)**( 22 July 2021) * **[Alzheimer’s Society is The FA’s official charity partner](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/04/alzheimers-society-is-the-fas-official-charity-partner/)**( 4 August 2021)