The Gateway Challenge ended on 22nd December 2011 (23:59 GMT).
Warm thanks to all donors and project participants! Please see final results on the Leaderboard below. All participants will receive an email from GlobalGiving confirming their results and next steps.
What is the Challenge?
The challenge is to raise at least £2000 from at least 50 donors in 4 weeks between the 21st November and the 22nd December.
A permanent place on GlobalGiving.co.uk and a chance to gain one or more of the prizes will be granted once a project has raised at least £2000 from at least 50 donors.
The project raising most funds will receive £1,500 bonus prize, second place fundraiser will gain £750, and third place will gain an additional £500. The project that has the highest number of unique donors will also gain a bonus prize of £500.
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Who are the participants?
This is a challenge open to organisations that wish to partner with GlobalGiving UK. Each organisation is carefully vetted by GlobalGiving to ensure their legitimacy as a charitable organisation before the start of the challenge.
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What is GlobalGiving?
GlobalGiving is a global marketplace for philanthropy that helps donors support causes they
are passionate about. Using its website, GlobalGiving.co.uk connects donors to more than 300
community based projects worldwide. The site hosts projects which range in topic from education
and the environment to healthcare and human rights in more than 70 countries. Find out more about GlobalGiving.
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How can I donate?
People can donate to a project online through the GlobalGiving.co.uk website.
Donors can donate to your project using a credit or debit card, or with their PayPal account.
If donors are struggling to donate with a credit or debit card, they may need to donate via paypal. A Paypal account is easy and simple to set up and makes transferring money online even more secure.
To set up an account, your supporters can go here: www.paypal.co.uk and from there will be instructed to input their details and bank account information.
PayPal is an internationally recognised payment platform and they make paying on line easy and secure. Once your supporters have set up an account (if they don't already have one) they can donate to your project
directly through GlobalGiving.co.uk.
Donors can also give by cheque if they hold a UK bank account. These must be made payable to ‘GlobalGiving UK’ and have the project name written on the back of the cheque so that we know how to direct the funds.
To count towards the challenge total, these will need to be received at the GlobalGiving office by post by the 14th December.
Why give?
Your donation matters! Every donation supports the great work these projects are doing and has the potential to have an even greater impact by helping them get one step closer to their goal of raising £2000 from 50 unique donors.
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How can I donate?
GlobalGiving is a global marketplace for philanthropy that helps donors support causes they are passionate about. Using its website, GlobalGiving connects donors to more than 500 community based projects worldwide. The site hosts projects which range in topic from education and the environment to healthcare and human rights in more than 70 countries. Find out more about GlobalGiving.
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