# Green Match Fund raises £1.7 million to combat environmental threats - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/04/30/green-match-fund-raises-1-7m-to-combat-environmental-threats/ - Published: 2021-04-30T11:51:59+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **The past week has seen the UK’s largest coordinated environmental fundraising campaign. The Green Match Fund aimed to raise over £1 million for 113 environmental charities and ended yesterday having raised ££1,760,769, including Gift Aid.** Donations made to participating charities were matched by “Champion” funders, sourced by the Big Give and The [Environmental Funders Network](https://www.greenfunders.org/). The Big Give runs matched giving campaigns, most notably its [annual Christmas campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/12/10/the-big-give-christmas-challenge-2020-raises-over-20million-in-one-week/). These are short, usually week-long, campaigns in which donors’ money can be matched or doubled by ‘Champion’ funders that The Big Give secures. These can be individuals or grant-making bodies. So far it has raised over £156 million for charities. ## 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/) The money raised by The [Green Match Fund](https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/green-match-fund-2021) will help the environmental sector at the end of a challenging year for many charities. A [recent report](https://thebiggive.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#0O000000YzQm/a/690000011G15/qBNtepGSXh5T3shFN5O8EUMC17c.dTPlBgFLGo40l_0) by the **Big Give** found that 63% of environmental charities reported a decrease in income in 2020 because of Covid-19. According to the same report, one in five environmental charities were planning to reduce service delivery as a result. And this at a time when we are in the midst of ecological collapse. > Appeal Newsflash – we have reached our target for [@biggive](https://twitter.com/BigGive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > match funds🎉 If we can raise an extra £10,000, we will buy 5 acres of land for > [@bfdghana](https://twitter.com/BfDGhana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s Honey Centre & > teaching apiary, while protecting surrounding forest. We can make it happen![https://t.co/LLONuxntge](https://t.co/LLONuxntge) > [pic.twitter.com/BlXM0xWdO1](https://t.co/BlXM0xWdO1) > — Bees for Development (@BeesForDev) [April 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/BeesForDev/status/1387119179308879876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The [Green Match Fund ran from 22 to 29 April 2021](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/04/20/green-match-fund-aims-to-raise-1m-for-environmental-charities/). Successes include: * 96% of all the match funds were utilised  * 106/112 charities hit their fundraising target  * Over 11,000 people from 59 different countries donated to the campaign, with an average donation of £74.   * Celebrities, including [Lorraine Kelly](https://twitter.com/reallorraine/status/1385302074167017477?s=20), [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall](https://twitter.com/HughFW/status/1385263503225892867) and Kate Humble all got behind the campaign  > Have a look for some local initiatives to support. I'm supporting [@devon_enviro](https://twitter.com/devon_enviro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > who are on a mission to turbocharge [#Nature](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nature?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#Regeneration](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Regeneration?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). > This [#EarthDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EarthDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@BigGive](https://twitter.com/BigGive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will match every donation > made to [@devon_enviro](https://twitter.com/devon_enviro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > via The Big Give website🌳🐝🐟 [https://t.co/zf74cdZECk](https://t.co/zf74cdZECk) > — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (@HughFW) [April 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/HughFW/status/1385263503225892867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Done xxx [https://t.co/PrnK4ibaAT](https://t.co/PrnK4ibaAT) > — Lorraine (@reallorraine) [April 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/reallorraine/status/1385302074167017477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## Watch The Big Give ## More environmental funding * **[Environmental Earthshot Prize launches to find solutions to planet’s greatest issues](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/01/06/environmental-earthshot-prize-launches-to-find-solutions-to-planets-greatest-issues/)( 6 January 2020)** * **[Plastic bag levy raises £1.3m for Northern Ireland environment projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/10/plastic-bag-levy-raises-1-3m-ni-environment-projects/)( 10 September 2014)** * **[Institute of Fundraising launches environmental change guide for fundraisers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/06/05/iof-launches-environmental-change-guide-fundraisers/)( 5 June 2020)**