# Blackbaud to close everydayhero at end of November

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/16/blackbaud-to-close-everydayhero-at-end-of-november/
- Published: 2020-07-16T08:16:16+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Blackbaud has announced that its everydayhero fundraising platform will close 
as of 30 November this year.**

 

While this means organisations will no longer be able to launch campaigns on or 
receive donations via the platform from this date, they will continue to be able
to log into their account for reporting purposes until 20 December 2020.

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Blackbaud is now working with charities currently using [everydayhero](https://www.everydayhero.com/uk/)
to move them across to JustGiving. It is also recommending that all new campaigns
are now created on the JustGiving platform.

 

Final payments from everydayhero will be paid on 11 December this year, to arrive
in accounts on Tuesday 15 December.

 

JustGiving recently introduced the ability to livestream on fundraising pages. This
was launched ahead of schedule to enable charities to fundraise more creatively 
due to the challenges presented by COVID-19. Charities that have already used this
technology during lockdown include Chester Zoo, Cancer Research UK and NHS Charities
Together.

 

Pascale Harvie, President & General Manager of Blackbaud Europe commented:

 

> “Since Blackbaud acquired JustGiving in 2017, we have been working to create a
> single, world-class, peer-to-peer fundraising platform as we believe that charities
> and their supporters deserve the best. The retirement of everydayhero is an important
> step towards this ambition. JustGiving is trusted by thousands of organisations
> and millions of people worldwide and charities will be able to gain all the benefits
> of the innovative fundraising technology the platform offers. We’re incredibly
> excited about this change and the new ways we’ll be able to help organisations
> raise more money and save time.”

 

Everydayhero started as an Australian company and [launched in the UK in 2009](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/08/australian-online-giving-service-comes-uk/).
It was [acquired by Blackbaud in 2011](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/10/07/blackbaud-acquires-everyday-hero-offer-p2p-fundraising/)
to enable it to offer peer-to-peer fundraising. Blackbaud acquired JustGiving in
2017.

 

Commenting on the news, founder and CEO of Enthuse (formerly CharityCheckout), Chester
Mojay-Sinclare said:

 

> “There’s been speculation that Blackbaud might close down Everydayhero since it
> acquired its larger rival JustGiving. Everydayhero were true innovators in their
> space. It’s always sad when savvy startups are acquired by corporate giants, and
> divested or closed, rather than invested in and nurtured. The sector needs digital
> innovation now more than ever to maintain income streams throughout the crisis
> and beyond.”

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