# CarFest sets £21 million fundraising target for 2021 and gives £2.5 million to UK children’s charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/25/carfest-sets-21m-fundraising-target-for-2021-gives-2-5m-to-uk-childrens-charities/
- Published: 2019-11-25T09:31:56+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**This month’s launch of CarFest 2020 saw Chris Evans hand out £2,502,724 to the
UK children’s charities supported by this year’s event, with plans to raise £21m
for good causes by 2021.**

The money was raised at this year’s event benefits charities included [BBC Children in Need](https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk),
Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity,
Starlight Children’s Foundation as well as charities nominated by the winners and
runners up of The Sun’s ‘Who Cares Wins’ Awards.

November saw Evans host a breakfast celebration to mark the launch of [CarFest](http://www.carfest.org)
2020, his annual family fundraising festival, on the 17^(th) floor of News UK in
London. The space was transformed into a mini festival including circus performers,
hula hooping, half life-sized cars.

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At 8am, during the festivities, tickets for** **CarFest North and South 2020 also
went on sale for one day, as part of the celebration.

CarFest was created by Evans in 2012 with the sole purpose of raising funds for 
UK children’s charities and has over the past eight years raised over £16million
for BBC Children in Need and its other partner charities. CarFest has donated 25%
of ticket sales direct to children’s charities each year, and Evans recently announced
the festival’s aim to continue to #DoMoreGood and raise £21million by 2021 to mark
CarFest’s 10^(th) anniversary.

CarFest takes place in two locations across two weekends in July and August. The
2020 events will also see CarFest continue on its mission to #GoGreen and achieve
its goal of being 100% Carbon Neutral on its primary emissions. It will also encourage
visitors to offset their carbon footprint with a donation towards the planting of
1000 trees.

Evans had been on a media tour ahead of the celebrations, guesting on both The One
Show with Angellica Bell and Matt Baker and on This Morning with Holly Willoughby
and Phillip Schofield, where he donated a further £20,000 from the CarFest Fund 
to two of Holly and Phil’s chosen children’s charities.
 [⌊Chris Evans⌉](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2019/11/0ca5ae17-814d-40d4-9eca-d3e667b2d5ac-e1574625259901.jpg)
Evans said of the celebrations:

> “It’s our 17^(th) and 18^(th) CarFest. We started eight years ago and next year
> we’ll see our millionth visitor, which is brilliant! Wednesday morning was amazing,
> we handed over cheques to all the charities that we’ve helped this year. What 
> better way to launch 2020 than by handing out all the money we raised this year,
> and then starting it all over again!”

Next year CarFest North takes place from 24–26 July at Bolesworth in Cheshire, and
CarFest South takes place from 28–30 August at Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire.