Christmas appeals in 2022 raised over £8m for numerous charities, with the Evening Standard and Independent campaign raising the most it ever has in a month.
National newspaper organisations called on their readers to raise money for a range of different causes at the end of last year.
Most appeals focused on fundraising for anti-poverty charities as the cost-of-living crisis in the UK continues.
Over £3.7m for the Childhood Trust and Comic Relief
The Evening Standard and the Independent partnered with the Childhood Trust and Comic Relief for its 2022 Christmas campaign.
Entitled 'On the Breadline', it had raised over £3.7m for its chosen charities.
£1.2m was raised for the Childhood Trust, an anti-poverty charity based in London, while £2m was raised via Comic Relief.
The appeal has garnered support from celebrities like Rita Ora. She explained that one in three children in the UK are living in poverty, and asked people to join her in supporting the appeal.
Philanthropists Julia and Hans Rausing donated £250,000 to the On the Breadline appeal. The couple lead the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, which has donated £2.6m to Christmas appeals this year.
Times newspapers raise £2.1m for three charities
The Times and its sister paper the Sunday Times have raised a total of £2,190,027 for its three chosen charities: Magic Breakfast, the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and Afghanaid.
The final totals came to £1,152,997 for Magic Breakfast, £616,184 for CALM and £419,156 for Afghanaid.
Chief executive of Magic Breakfast, Lindsey MacDonald, told Civil Society News: "The incredible generosity and support we've had through the Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal could not have come at a better for Magic Breakfast or the children and young people we support.
"The rising costs that families and schools are facing are also hitting charities like Magic Breakfast, just as we are seeing surging demand for our services. We are incredibly grateful that so many people agree that no child or young person in the UK should be too hungry to learn."
Guardian and Observer raise over £1.5m for cost-of-living charities
The Guardian and Observer raised £1,557,000 including Gift Aid through its Christmas cost-of-living appeal.
The funds will be donated to Citizens Advice and Locality. The 38-day-campaign is the most successful Guardian and Observer charity appeal since 2016. Some 13,400 people donated.
Claire Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice, told the Guardian: “Each and every day our advisers help provide a life raft to people who can no longer afford to heat their homes and put food on the table. The support given to this year’s appeal is testament to their work and crucially will enable us to continue to be there for people facing impossible choices.”
Tony Armstrong, chief executive of Locality, said it was “amazing” to see the extent to which the appeal resonated with Guardian readers, as “the work of local community organisations has too often been undervalued or ignored.”
Telegraph raises £726,000 for four charities
In thirteen weeks, Telegraph readers raised £726,000 for the newspaper’s four chosen charities: Royal British Legion Industries, Age UK, Action for Children and Macmillan Cancer Support.
This is its second-highest total it has raised in the last ten years, with its highest being from its Covid appeal in 2020. The Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal has been running for over 100 years.
Kate Goldman-Toomey, director of corporate partnerships and philanthropy at Macmillan, told the Telegraph: “The enormous generosity of the general public shown throughout the Telegraph Appeal will help to ensure we can continue doing whatever it takes to give people the support they need, when they need it most.”
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