2007
October – The Big Give website is launched
2008
December – Christmas Challenge raises £2m in 45 minutes for 240 charities
2009
May – First Philanthropy in Schools event run in Dragon School, Oxford
October – Emergency match fund for natural disasters in Asia-Pacific raises £55,000
October – Third Sector Excellence Award for Innovation
December – Christmas Challenge raises £8.5m for 175 charities
2010
January – Emergency match fund for Haiti earthquake raises £190,000
August – Emergency match fund for Pakistan floods raises £180,000
November – Sir Alec Reed wins Beacon Fellowship for ‘Effective Giving’ for his work at the Big Give
December – First Christmas Launch Party at Fortnum & Masons (further parties run in 2011 and 2012)
December – Christmas Challenge raises £9.3m for 323 charities
2011
July – Emergency match fund for East Africa food crisis raises £190,000
August – First Summer Garden Party at Reed Business School (further parties run in 2012 and 2013)
December – Christmas Challenge raises £12m for 424 charities
2012
August – Big Advice Column launched
December – Christmas Challenge raises £10.5m for 350 charities
2013
April – ‘Big Give Raffle’ launched
April – Donor accounts launched
April – Emergency match fund for Syria conflict raises £140,000
July – Technology4Good Award for Digital Giving
September – Trustee finder launched
November – Emergency match fund for Philippines typhoon raises £320,000
December – Christmas Challenge raises £10.7m for 387 charities
2014
August – Emergency match fund for Gaza raises £169,000
October – Charity Times Award in Fundraising Technology
November – Emergency appeal for Ebola raises £38,000
December – Christmas Challenge raises £11.2m for 367 charities
2015
April – Emergency match fund for Nepal earthquake raises £772,000
June – ‘Summer Give’ match funding campaign for vulnerable London school children run in partnership with Childhood Trust raises £527,000
September – New website launched
September – Third Sector Award for Best Charity Partnership with payments processor, Charities Trust
December – Christmas Challenge raises £7.2m for 258 charities
2016
May – ‘Summer Give’ match funding campaign for vulnerable London school children run in partnership with Childhood Trust raises £541,420
June – Research published on the impact of match funding, co-commissioned by the Big Give. Charities Trust and RBS, and undertaken by The Researchery
December – Christmas Challenge raises £7.2m for 332 charities
December – Emergency match fund for Yemen raises over £133,000
2017
March – Emergency match fund for East Africa raises over £445,000
April – Match funding campaign for Marlborough College raises over £264,000 to restore its memorial hall
May – ‘Summer Give’ match funding campaign for vulnerable London school children run in partnership with Childhood Trust raises £778,680
June – September – Grenfell Tower appeal launched in partnership with The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation raised over £2.6 million
October – Emergency match fund for Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar raises over £242,000
December – Christmas Challenge raises £11.3 million for 528 charities
2018
March – Match funding campaign for The Passage raises over £270,000 to fund services helping to end homelessness
May – Match funding campaign for The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Field raises over £20,000 to help homeless adults rebuilt their lives through volunteering
June – ‘Summer Give’ match funding campaign for vulnerable London school children run in partnership with Childhood Trust raises £1,002,433
July – Philanthropy in Schools programme closes after schools raise over £50,000 for charity since 2010
October – Emergency match fund for communities affected by the Indonesian Tsunami raises over £378,000
December – Christmas Challenge raises £13.3m for 589 charities, the largest ever campaign ran by the Big Give