# Champions for Children matched fundraising campaign raises over £3.4 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/24/champions-for-children-matched-fundraising-campaign-raises-over-3-4m/
- Published: 2021-06-24T09:25:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Childhood Trust’s Champions for Children matched fundraising campaign has 
raised over £3.4m in 14 days, funding 111 participating charities to support disadvantaged
children and young people in London.**

The campaign ran from 8 June to 22 June, and was created by [The Childhood Trust](https://www.childhoodtrust.org.uk/)
to support over 150,000 disadvantaged children living in poverty in London who have
been disproportionately impacted by successive lockdowns.

The unrestricted funding raised (£3,434,506 in total) will support the delivery 
of 111 projects providing practical and emotional including meals, play activities,
counselling, and recreational and leisure activities to help children to recover
from the impact of the pandemic.

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This is the second year for the Champions for Children matched fundraising campaign,
which was created in response to the coronavirus crisis and uses the Big Give platform
to double all donations made to the Trust’s participating charity partners.

6504 donors contributed to the campaign, bringing the total raised by the Childhood
Trust’s matched fundraising campaigns to more than £24m since 2013.

[Research released](https://view.publitas.com/the-childhood-trust/post-lockdown-children-in-crisis-the-childhood-trust/)
by The Childhood Trust to support the campaign found that 1 in 3 children living
in poverty in London are experiencing post-lockdown mental health issues (twice 
the national average) and that three quarters of 75 charities surveyed reported 
that their beneficiaries are still experiencing food insecurity.

Laurence Guinness, Chief Executive of The Childhood Trust said: 

> “We are hugely concerned about the cumulative impact of the lockdowns on our most
> vulnerable children which is why we are delighted with the success of our Champions
> for Children campaign. The funds raised mean so much our partner charities and
> will provide the support that thousands of children need to recover from the mental
> health crisis caused by the pandemic. With children’s needs increasing we are 
> incredibly grateful to the community of donors who have made this possible.”

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