# JustGiving sees 43% YOY rise in London Marathon donations with over £37mn raised so far

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/10/05/justgiving-sees-43-yoy-rise-in-london-marathon-donations-with-over-37mn-raised-so-far/
- Published: 2022-10-05T09:45:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**London Marathon runners have raised £37,135,746 on the JustGiving platform so 
far, representing a 43% year-on-year rise.**

Last year saw £25,939,401 donated the day after the Marathon.

This year, donations reached £2,076,572 via marathon runners’ JustGiving fundraising
pages on the day of the race alone, nearly double that of last year’s race (£1,118,924),
with over 1,700 different charities benefitting from London Marathon fundraising
via JustGiving. The total is still rising as runners collect more donations following
the event.

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Over 21,000 JustGiving pages were created to fundraise for the London Marathon this
year, with each page raising an average £1,600.

This year’s top three marathon fundraisers on JustGiving are:

 * [Hassan and Yoyo](https://justgiving.com/fundraising/HopeHH), who have raised
   £116,431 for Hope for HH UK which raises funds for research into Hypothalamic
   Hamartoma, a type of brain tumour that Hassan and Yoyo’s daughter, Lucy, was 
   born with and has lived with for 16 years.
 * [Team Rick](https://justgiving.com/fundraising/TeamRick), a group of nine runners,
   who have raised £44,041 for Bowel Cancer UK. They ran the marathon in memory 
   of their beloved husband, father and friend Rick Morel who passed away from the
   disease in 2021.
 * Brothers [Shay and Connor](https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/s-emerton1),
   who have raised £27,485 for Brain Tumour Research. Shay was diagnosed with a 
   brain tumour at 24 years old in 2021. Shay recovered from surgery that left him
   temporarily paralysed and unable to walk, to run a marathon, along with his brother,
   just a year later.

![Top London Marathon fundraisers on JustGiving,](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
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Top London Marathon fundraisers on JustGiving, Hassan & Yoyo Marathon Run

Pascale Harvie, President and General Manager at JustGiving said:

> “We’re incredibly proud of all the fundraisers who took part in the London Marathon
> this weekend and the rise in donations is just another reminder of people’s generosity
> even in such tough circumstances. It never fails to inspire us to see the efforts
> people will go to in support of causes close to their hearts and the huge adversity
> humans can find the strength to overcome. Huge congratulations to all of those
> involved from the team at JustGiving, and thank you, on behalf of the 1,700 charities
> that will benefit as a result of your hard work and dedication.”