# eBay for Charity hits $1 billion milestone with chance for one charity to win £5k

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/19/ebay-for-charity-hits-1-billion-milestone-with-chance-for-one-charity-to-win-5k/
- Published: 2019-11-19T09:00:10+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**eBay has announced that eBay for Charity has now raised $1 billion for charity,
with £160 million raised in the UK.**
Formally eBay Giving Works, eBay’s charitable
arm launched in the US in 1999, before launching in the UK in 2005 with a partnership
with BBC Children in Need.

Since then [eBay for Charity](https://charity.ebay.co.uk) has raised £2 million 
for BBC Children in Need, with other large totals for UK charities including:

 * £81,100 for Princess Beatrice’s hat in 2011
 * £27m for [British Heart Foundation](https://www.bhf.org.uk) since 2011
 * £125,000 through Lynne Beckett for Air Ambulance since 2012
 * £1m for Comic Relief & Red Nose Day since 2013
 * £105,000 for Prince’s Trust in 2018

 

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> Thanks to you, our UK community, we’ve raised £160 million – $1 billion worldwide–
> for charities big and small! You’ve helped 8000 charities to create a lasting 
> impact so we want to say [#ThanksABillion](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThanksABillion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
> 🎉 [pic.twitter.com/0IsHAIpbVx](https://t.co/0IsHAIpbVx)
> — eBay for Charity UK (@eBay4CharityUK) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/eBay4CharityUK/status/1196525987833548800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 In celebration of the $1 billion milestone, eBay for Charity UK is currently offering
UK charities the chance to **win £5,000**. To enter, charities must sign into their
Facebook or Twitter account, and comment (on Facebook) or retweet the competition
tweet or post with a description of the favourite item they have sold on eBay along
with the hashtag **#ThanksABillion**.

In order to be eligible, charities must also be an eBay registered Charity and have
already sold with them.

The eBay 1 Billion competition is open **until 9 December**.
 

> Win £5k for [#charity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
> 💰 Our UK community has raised over £160 million; $1 billion worldwide!
> Supporters:
> tag your fav charity so they can enter[#Charities](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charities?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw):
> to enter, RT with comment & tell us your fav item sold on [@eBay_UK](https://twitter.com/eBay_UK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
> 🎉[#ThanksABillion](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThanksABillion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> T&Cs – [https://t.co/GXY7Z3HGtg](https://t.co/GXY7Z3HGtg) [pic.twitter.com/mudHQHIsTD](https://t.co/mudHQHIsTD)
> — eBay for Charity UK (@eBay4CharityUK) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/eBay4CharityUK/status/1196450689616154624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

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