Fundraising around the London Marathon via the JustGiving and Enthuse platforms has reached £52.54m.
Money raised for good causes through the event’s official fundraising platform Enthuse had reached £17.54m as of Tuesday April 25.
This was raised by 365,504 donors and 23,392 fundraisers, including Jeremy Joseph, who has raised £109,400, 84% of his £130,000 target, the most of any competitor using the platform. He took part in the event for 13 charities, including Trans Plus, Bab’s Army, Dogs Trust and Opening Doors LGBT.
The second highest amount raised so far is by Emma Bishop, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has raised £92,300, exceeding her original target of £60,000. She took part to raise funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher believes this year’s fundraising total will exceed £60m “which would be an incredible number in these challenging times”.
“We salute every single person who fundraised on Sunday and thank our charity partners and Enthuse for helping us all to run together and fundraise together,” he added.
Enthuse founder Chester Mojay-Sinclare said the amount raised so far “is tremendous and great news for charities”.
Meanwhile, £35m has been raised through the JustGiving platform from London Marathon participants, however, this is down £2.1m on last year’s tally raised via the platform.
This year’s JustGiving total has been achieved through more than 850,000 donations made through 19,000 Just Giving pages. Around 1,700 charities are set to benefit. The average raised on each fundraising page is £2,029, up 19% on last year.
Top fundraisers via the platform include Gareth Birchley, who has raised £271,000 for Motor Neurone Disease.
Charities to see the biggest increase in donations via JustGiving compared to last year’s event are those supporting eating disorders, homelessness, and motor neurone disease.
“I’m in awe of all of our incredible fundraisers who took part in the London Marathon this weekend,” said Just Giving president and general manager Pascale Harvie.
“The commitment and strength they’ve shown to support the causes closest to them is remarkable and collectively, they’ve raised an astonishing amount of money.
“Congratulations to all of our fundraisers from everyone at JustGiving and thank you, on behalf of our 1700 charities that will benefit from your hard work and determination.”
Among charities to benefit is London based St Raphael Hospice which was backed by a team of 19 runners and raised more than £50,700.
Our runners raised £50,700 for the Hospice! 😲
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We were humbled to have 19 supporters take part in the London Marathon and lost for words with their fundraising efforts.
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This included 22-year-old Danielle Miller, whose late-mother was supported by the charity.
She said: “I have always wanted to give back to St Raphael’s for the unmatched care and kindness they gave to my mum in the last weeks of her life. This Hospice means the world to me and my family, as they have taken care of all of us.”
St Raphael Hospice challenge events manager Samantha Bourne added: “It’s an incredibly moving experience to spot all of our amazing runners in their St Raphael’s Hospice tops and cheer for them across the finish line.
“Every year I have tissues at the ready, watching our runners put themselves through so much to raise funds for our charity.”
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