The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest collaborative fundraising campaign which supports a a diverse array of charities working across all charitable sectors within the UK and overseas. It is Big Give’s flagship, annual, seven-day online match funding campaign, which raised over £33m for 1,077 charities and facilitated 94,000 donations in 2023.

The Christmas Challenge utilises Big Give’s ‘Pledge Model’ of match funding – it works on a double-matching principle. Charities receive up to 25% of their match funding target from their Champion funder, provided they have another 25% secured from their own major donor ‘Pledges’. This 50% is then unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the Christmas Challenge campaign.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• be a UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or tax-exempt status
• have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts on the Charity Commission)
• be registered on BigGive.org (free to register)

Deadline: Currently closed

This fund is not managed by Funding for All. Please click ‘Find out more’ and contact the funder directly for more information.