Nominate your favourite fundraiser – JustGiving’s annual awards are back!

The JustGiving Awards are back to celebrate another year of amazing fundraisers; from toddlers, all the way up to centenarians, it’s time to nominate your favourite fundraisers and crowdfunders*.

Created by the UK’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving, the awards celebrate people of all ages and backgrounds who have achieved extraordinary feats for charities across the world.

People have until Monday, 29thMay, to nominate those on JustGiving who they feel deserve formal recognition for what they have achieved. Voting takes place in June via the organisation’s website.

Eight winners as well as JustGiving’s Charity of the Year will be announced at the ceremony which takes place at London’s Roundhouse on the evening of September 25th. Winners will be presented with their official trophy by well-known faces from the world of celebrities and sport.

For more than ten years the awards have taken place and this year’s will be sponsored by bank payment provider, GoCardless.

This year there are two new categories – Teen Fundraiser of the Year and Community Hero of the Year.

The GoCardless JustGiving Awards categories

• Endurance Fundraiser of the Year
• Young Fundraiser of the Year (under 13)
• Teen Fundraiser of the Year (13-19)
• Community Hero of the Year
• Creative Fundraiser of the Year
• Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year
• Charity of the Year
• Outstanding Commitment
• Special Recognition Award

Previous winners include Max Woosey, who was crowned 2022 Young Fundraiser of the Year for camping outside for hundreds of nights in memory of his neighbour and raising funds for North Devon Hospice.

Three dads walking were awarded Fundraising Team of the Year for raising significant awareness for suicide prevention and funds for Papyrus and the late Dame Deborah James’ family received a special recognition award after she created wide-scale awareness of Bowel cancer and its symptoms and raised millions of pounds for the Bowelbabe Fund.

Pascale Harvie, President and General Manager of JustGiving said:“Times have been and continue to be really hard for a lot of people, yet every, single, day I’m in awe of what our incredible fundraisers and crowdfunders are doing to make our world a better place.

The GoCardless JustGiving Awards is a moment to formally recognise and celebrate the individuals, groups and charities who have done extraordinary things in the interest of others.”

Pat Phelan, Managing Director UK&I at GoCardless said: “GoCardless has been one of JustGiving’s payment partners for over a year now and we are excited and proud to expand this partnership further. JustGiving enables so many people to support the causes and charities that matter most to them, and it’s our privilege to become the new headline sponsor of its longstanding awards.”

To nominate please visit: https://page.justgiving.com/Awards-Nominations-2023

Terms and Conditions can be found here: https://justgiving.com/inspiration/happening-now/justgiving-awards/justgiving-awards-2023-terms-and-conditions/

NOTES TO EDITOR

For further information contact  press@justgiving.com

*All figures quoted include GiftAid and are accurate at the time of releasing this press release.

Figures quoted relate to fundraising activity on JustGiving only. JustGiving is one of many fundraising platforms that people can choose from when fundraising for events such as the London Marathon.

About JustGiving
JustGiving is the world’s most trusted platform for online giving. We help people raise money for the charities and people they care about the most. In 2000, JustGiving.com began with one simple goal – to enable charities to receive donations online from anywhere in the world. Fast forward 22 years and over £5 billion has been raised for good causes in almost every single country in the world.

JustGiving became part of Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good in 2017.

To note – JustGiving does not charge a fee on donations but instead operates a voluntary contribution model, meaning people donating can choose to leave a ‘tip’ if they wish. The only non-optional fee is a 1.9% + 30p to cover card payment charges.