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Christmas Challenge 2025 – Big Give From 12pm (midday) 2nd December to 12pm (midday) 9th December, your Christmas donations can be doubled. Whatever your passion, whatever your cause - double the difference this Christmas.

That’s all for now! Thank you to everyone helping to spotlight the brilliant work happening across the #ChristmasChallenge. Your support makes a real difference.

If you’d like to explore the charities featured & have your donation doubled, head to bit.ly/CC25-Social
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For young people leaving care, Christmas isn’t a celebration, it’s a question: who will have me? | LBC Christmas asks one simple question: where do you belong?

Another thoughtful piece on LBC, written by Lemn Sissay, highlighting the realities facing young people in care at Christmas, and why support networks and compassion are so important.

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On the day ministers backed arts in schools, my local university silenced its music | LBC We need to build a society where the arts are valued and available to all

In @lbc.co.uk, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason reflects on the importance of arts education and why backing music opportunities for young people matters more than ever for Campaign for the Arts.

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Exclusive: Sally Phillips' real-life 'Bridget moment' and Renée Zellweger's true personality away from cameras Sally Phillips on her bond with Renée Zellweger and how she’s helping care leavers get Christmas dinners as part of Big Give’s Christmas Challenge campaign

Sally Philips shares her support for The Gold from the Stone Foundation, spotlighting their work funding eight extraordinary Christmas Dinners for young care leavers. A lovely read in @hello-mag.bsky.social

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Heading into the weekend with another #ChristmasChallenge press round-up! 🎄

More brilliant pieces have landed this week, shining a light on the incredible charities taking part. Here’s what’s been making headlines 👇 1/5

Have your say!

The Supporter’s Choice Award is now open. From today, you can help your favourite charity win an extra £1,000. Here’s how:

1️⃣ Post on Bluesky
2️⃣ Use the hashtags: #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
3️⃣ Tag us and your chosen charity
4️⃣ Share why they deserve to win

Teachers tell us they’re fighting to keep the Arts alive. WeCompose brings pro musicians into classrooms, enriches the curriculum, & gives children hands-on access to music.
Please consider donating today! ❤️ More info: bit.ly/3XPzf4F
@biggive.bsky.social #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #Sheffield

The @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge is almost halfway through! But there is still time to have your donation DOUBLED & protect vulnerable children from abuse, #HIV & early pregnancy. bit.ly/acetUKCC25 #HIVprevention #Safeguarding #ChildProtection

Mental health can be a challenge after prison. It takes courage to ask for help & resilience to keep asking. StandOut creates safe spaces & connects people to support.

Double your donation via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge till 9 Dec: bit.ly/standoutchristmas2025

It’s #ChristmasChallenge #Day4, and what an incredible impact we’ve already made!

Every donation is doubling the difference for hundreds of charities - let’s keep this momentum going. How much can we raise today? 💙

Join in and make your impact: BigGive.org

It's #ChristmasChallenge #Day3! 🎄💖

A huge thank you to our Champions - the match funding partners making this possible. Your generosity is doubling donations and helping twice as many people this festive season, from food banks to community projects.

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We’ve hit over £20M in the #ChristmasChallenge, thanks to you!

53,000+ people have donated, 70+ charities have hit their targets, & thousands of donations are being doubled right now.

Today, we remember our founder, whose vision inspired this campaign. BigGive.org

We’re deeply saddened to share that our beloved founder, Sir Alec Reed, has passed away.

That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.

Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/

Christmas Challenge 2025 – Big Give From 12pm (midday) 2nd December to 12pm (midday) 9th December, your Christmas donations can be doubled. Whatever your passion, whatever your cause - double the difference this Christmas.

A huge thank you to all the ambassadors, journalists and partners helping to shine a light on the incredible charities taking part this year. 💙

Every article helps amplify their impact and highlight that every donation is being DOUBLED right now 👉
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Young people are the loneliest at Christmas, and it’s time we actually showed up for them | LBC When I was growing up in the 1980s, I remember my parents inviting various elderly neighbours over at Christmas; it was a commonplace that otherwise they would be lonely.

Over at @lbc.co.uk, writer and mental health advocate Rachel Kelly shares an important piece on loneliness among young people, and why she’s supporting SANE through this year’s #ChristmasChallenge.

Read here:
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Exclusive: Dominic West on domestic life in Bath with 3 'champion sleeper' teenagers and his prized pigs Actor Dominic West opens up to HELLO! about his new series War with Sienna Miller, home life in Bath and why he's supporting Big Give's Christmas charity campaign

Dominic West champions Julian House, spotlighting the charity’s vital work supporting people experiencing homelessness - another fantastic piece with @hello-mag.bsky.social

Read now:
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Exclusive: A Place in the Sun's Scarlette Douglas falls in love with her fitness instructor after 'toxic' relationship Scarlette Douglas sits down with HELLO! to chat about her charity-driven December, the new man in her life and her future away from the UK

@scardoug.bsky.social supports Teens Unite Fighting Cancer, sharing her story of resilience, love and giving back in a brilliant feature with @hello-mag.bsky.social

Read here:
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Big Give #ChristmasChallenge press round-up thread!🎄

Our media partners, in collaboration with charity ambassadors, have been incredible in helping spread the word about this year’s campaign.

Here’s a round-up of the amazing stories supporting charities so far 👇 1/5

Good morning and happy #Day2 of the #ChristmasChallenge!
Today, charities are counting on your support, and every donation you make can have double the impact. So settle in with a coffee (& yes, definitely a mince pie) and help make a bigger difference at biggive.org.

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Alexa, play “All I Want for Christmas is… DOUBLE YOUR DONATION!” 🎶

Mince pies eaten? ✅
Mariah Carey on repeat? ✅
Donations being doubled to hundreds of charities at once? ✅

It’s all in a day’s work here at Big Give… and no, we’re not stopping yet.
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We're part of the @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge this year! Donations up to £37,500 will be doubled up to £75,000! Funds will go directly to our running costs of around £25,000 per month #RidingForTheDisabled donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now open! For one week only, every donation will be matched.

This festive season, your donation helps safeguard the spaces and stages where change happens.

Give in the present. Change the future.

Donate today bit.ly/43ZSr3h

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A message from @clarered.bsky.social about BIFA Cinema of the Year and our @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge campaign which is now open! Please consider donating via the Big Give website and your donation will be doubled and have twice the impact: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Would you donate £5 to charity, or double it for the next person? 😆🎁

We teamed up with Clara Holmes to take this challenge to the streets, and trust us, the festive generosity was flowing!

PS: All donations will be made by Big Give to a #ChristmasChallenge charity 💫

Did someone say £10M?! 🎄🤩
Here's the#ChristmasChallenge update so far:
✨ 14 incredible charities have already reached their target
✨ 22,000+ donations so far - thank you!
✨ 21m match funds still remaining to double your donations
✨ Visit biggive.org to donate 💖

Two Polaroid photos taped to a red Christmas wrapping paper style background. The first photo shows five children and the second shows ten children and young people. Text says: One donation, double the difference.

Across the UK, 3.5M people live with a rare condition. We’re here to ensure no one walks that path alone.

Help us build connection, community & change!

#RareTogether

Until 9 Dec your donations via our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge page are doubled!

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Our #ChristmasChallenge via the @biggive.bsky.social is now live! This #GivingTuesday, support #CureParkinsons between now and 9 December to double your donations! Funds raised will go towards EJS ACT-PD, the world’s largest clinical trial for Parkinson’s. Donate: buff.ly/72bYgxu

🎄 The @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge starts today!

From midday 2-9 December, every donation you make to Action for ME will be doubled whilst match-pot lasts, helping us bring life-changing support and vital research to the 404,000 people in the UK living with ME.