Greenham Trust’s Double Matched Day, hosted on The Good Exchange platform, raised over £180,000 in donations and matched funding in just 24 hours.
The public were donating right up to the last minute of the event at 11.59pm on Friday 24th July. With every pound donated on the day up to £5000 being double match funded by Greenham Trust, so each £1 became £3.
Ten local charitable organisations were selected who each had up to £10,000 of double matched funding available from Greenham Trust to double match up to £5,000 of public donations.
Samantha Harper, Fundraising Manager, at Berkshire MS Therapy Centre, said, “What an amazing Double Matched Day we have had. I am not sure we have ever raised £5,000 before 9am before! Every time we tried to announce how much we had raised, it had jumped again. It has been a very difficult four months. Without funding from the NHS or larger MS charities, if we can’t raise the funds we need we can’t run our services. The local community has always been so supportive when we have needed their help. We would like to say a huge thank you to the Greenham Trust, the Good Exchange and everyone who has donated. The gift you have given the MS community is completely priceless.”
