# UK GlobalGiving office celebrates 10th anniversary and raising of almost £10 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/21/uk-globalgiving-office-celebrates-10th-anniversary-raising-of-almost-10m/
- Published: 2019-03-21T08:45:21+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The GlobalGiving office in the UK has raised nearly £10m since opening in 2008.**

The office celebrated its 10th anniversary on 13 March, with over 82,000 UK-based
donors having given more than £9.6m in the past decade, including over £300,000 
claimed in Gift Aid.

Globally, in 2018, GlobalGiving crossed $370M cumulative donations from more than
870,000 donors to 22,000+ projects in more than 170 countries around the world.

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To mark its 10-year anniversary, on 13 March GlobalGiving UK held an event, “Philanthropy
Must Change: Putting People at the Centre of Giving” in London. Partner charities,
donors, corporate partners, and the third sector all joined in the occasion, which
saw a panel address the need for funders to be more accountable to community needs,
and whether they should take more risks to better respond to these needs.

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Rachel Smith, co-founder and GlobalGiving UK Executive Director, said:

> “Ten years ago, when we set up GlobalGiving UK, crowdfunding wasn’t even a term
> anyone was using in relation to fundraising. The landscape for digital fundraising
> has changed enormously over that time.
> “What hasn’t changed is our focus on decentralising philanthropy and aid to ensure
> the needs and priorities of the community are front and centre. I’m excited by
> GlobalGiving’s continued desire to innovate our model, to seek evidence on how
> and why the community-led approach is powerful, and to share our learning so we
> can transform how philanthropists, funders and social changemakers work to put
> people first.”

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