Individuals who full marathons are inspiring. However individuals who elevate cash in marathons are unimaginable.
It’s about this time every year the place we mirror on the true energy of fundraising. This yr, the London and Manchester Marathon had been each on Sunday twenty seventh April, and demonstrated but once more simply how impactful charity fundraising in occasions like this may be.
Over £45 million has been raised (to date) by London and Manchester Marathon fundraisers on JustGiving – and donations are nonetheless pouring in!
In these two monumental occasions…
Almost 2,000 life-changing charities used JustGiving to fund their mission.
Over 1 million donations had been made to twenty,000 wonderful JustGiving fundraisers.
We’re delighted that extra runners selected to fundraise on JustGiving than some other platform.
And in each marathons, our unimaginable fundraisers raised extra per web page on common than in 2024.
It’s your charity’s ardour, your mission, your message, and your encouragement that makes a life-changing distinction in our world. An enormous congratulations and thanks to the inspiring charities making JustGiving part of your journey.
London Marathon 2025 and Manchester Marathon 2025 standout Marketing campaign Pages
What makes for a profitable JustGiving Marketing campaign Web page? Utilizing all of the options at your fingertips! Try these charities that raised tens – or lots of – of 1000’s of kilos by doing simply that.
The Mind Tumour Charity
The Mind Tumour Charity’s London Marathon 2025 Marketing campaign Web page instantly engages guests with a video as their web page’s cowl! That is highly effective, because the video they use shares highlights from the earlier yr and interviews with the charity’s runners.
WheelPower’s London Marathon 2025 Marketing campaign Web page encompasses a story part that shares the inspiring tales of two beneficiaries, Malachy and Laura. Accompanied by high-res photographs and impactful quotes, these tales spotlight the charity’s work and assist potential supporters see how far their effort can go.
Two main marathon occasions on in the future? No downside… The JustGiving Cheer Squads introduced the noise to each!
London and Manchester Marathon 2025: extra highlights from occasion day
The 2025 London and Manchester Marathons featured a few of the world’s most awe-inspiring folks making historical past.
These race finishers accomplished bucket checklist occasions for the causes they supported. Try a just some of probably the most unimaginable fundraiser moments, and methods you may get your fundraisers extra engaged too.
Comic Romesh Ranganathan has raised £96,000 and counting for Teenage Most cancers Belief, additionally visiting hospitals within the lead-up to the race to see the charity’s work in motion. Might your charity invite your high fundraisers on-site to get a really feel for the affect of your work?
Jamie Campbell smashed his London Marathon fundraising goal, elevating £3,600+ for BASICS Essex. However a standard run simply wasn’t going to chop it…he ran the whole factor in a shrimp costume, giving a nod to his hometown and getting extra eyes on his trigger.
Making historical past, yr after yr
We’re honoured to assist passionate fundraisers obtain their goals yr after yr. Pascale Harvie, President and Basic Supervisor at JustGiving stated,
“I’m in awe of all of our unimaginable fundraisers who took half within the London and Manchester Marathons this weekend. The dedication and power they’ve proven to assist the causes closest to them is really outstanding and collectively, they’ve raised a tremendous sum of money for thus many important causes. Congratulations to everybody who took half and on behalf of our charity companions thanks.”
PASCALE HARVIE, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, JUSTGIVING
Thanks for all the pieces you do to make good issues occur. We will’t wait to see what subsequent yr holds!
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITY FUNDRAISING HUB
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*All figures quoted embody GiftAid and are correct as of 29 April 2025.
