# JustGiving kickstarts 2023 London Marathon fundraising with £15k donation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/10/26/justgiving-kickstarts-2023-london-marathon-fundraising-with-15k-donation/
- Published: 2022-10-26T09:00:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**JustGiving is to donate £5 to each of the first 3,000 JustGiving fundraising pages
created for the 2023 London Marathon – a total of £15,000.**

[The move](https://justgiving.com/about/info/terms-of-service/london-marathon-2023-5-donation-t-c-s)
is to help London Marathon runners meet and exceed their targets and according to
the platform, pages set up prior to the Christmas period go on to raise almost a
third (31%) more than those created after Christmas.

The news comes as the London Marathon ballot is announced and, based on its data,
[JustGiving](https://www.justgiving.com/) expects this to help fundraisers each 
generate a further £118 for their chosen charities.

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During the 2022 London Marathon, fundraisers on the platform collectively raised
[over £37million in donations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/10/05/justgiving-sees-43-yoy-rise-in-london-marathon-donations-with-over-37mn-raised-so-far/)
for over 1700 charities.

The £5 donations will automatically be made to each of the fundraisers’ pages within
seven days of the page being created.

Pascale Harvie, President and General Manager at JustGiving said: 

> “Our insight tells us that the earlier a page is created the more that fundraiser
> goes on to raise for their chosen charity. We know how hard our thousands of London
> Marathon fundraisers work to train and raise funds for the charities close to 
> their hearts. We hope these donations help runners get inspired to share their
> training and fundraising journeys with their friends and families.”

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