Why do so many charities choose us?
We don’t believe that business should profit from charity. It’s why we set up Virgin Money Giving, as a much needed not-for-profit alternative to challenge the status quo.
Grow your fundraising income on our super fast, safe and reliable fundraising platform with powerful online tools, low fees and the unrivalled service of our Virgin team behind you.
Join todayPowerful fundraising tools
Fundraising pages
Built to promote your brand and story, our fundraising pages help people rally their friends behind your cause. Fundraisers can easily connect with Facebook, personalise their page with a target, story, photos and video. Spread the word easily with popular tools like Facebook, WhatsApp and email. And with our App fundraisers can quickly check their progress and thank their supporters along the way.
In memory fundraising
We provide fundraising pages tailored specifically to help people raising money for charities in memory of a loved one. People can fundraise for you individually or link together fundraising pages of friends and family raising money in memory of the same person.
Campaign pages
Start up a new campaign in minutes and raise the money you need for a specific project or appeal. People can donate directly to the campaign or link their fundraising pages to it, helping you reach more people.
Create events and collect entry fees
Create a customisable event page in minutes, telling attendees when, where and what the event involves. We take the hassle out of collecting the event fees and Gift Aid, and let you choose which account the money goes in to. Your event is automatically posted on our website, and can be shared through direct links and on social media.
Reporting and data management tools
We give you information about your donations, fundraisers and payments through our simple reporting tool or you can connect your data directly into your CRM database.
The Virgin difference
Virgin has spent the last 40 years finding a better way of doing things. And for nearly 10 years that's included putting that passion and experience to good use, with Virgin Money Giving helping UK charities grow and thrive.
So far we’ve helped over 14,000 UK charities and 890,000 fundraisers raise more than £685 million online. Explore the benefits of having our Virgin team behind you.
Charity Insider
Our blog, Charity Insider, is all about the success stories of charities challenging the status quo. Get smart suggestions and interesting articles to help you raise more.
The Virgin team
We’re passionate about good service. So if you need support, advice or even ideas, just pick up the phone, drop us an email or find us on social media. Our fantastic team is always here to help.
Corporate support
Securing a corporate partner can provide a massive boost to your fundraising income, which is why we put our expertise to good use, providing a free service to support businesses helping you raise money.
Lounge network
Our Virgin Money Lounges set us apart from all other fundraising websites. Free for our charities to use, they give you a space to hold a community event or meeting.
Advice and training
If you're new to online fundraising or just want a refresher on how to do things, our team can provide standard or bespoke training sessions to help you raise more.
Fundraiser experience
Your fundraisers get the special treatment, from rewards and Virgin perks, to regular emails to celebrate their milestones, keep them motivated and make sure they feel their efforts made a real impact.
“We get a very personal service. The online giving pages look amazing – they allow you to be really creative if you want to be and are really easy for fundraisers to use.”
Sarah Dodge
Community Funding and Marketing Officer
Nelson’s Journey
Unlock all these benefits for less
Tools:
- Fundraising pages
- In memory pages
- Campaign and appeal pages
- Donate buttons
- Regular giving
- Create your own events
- Custom solutions with APIs
- Reporting and data management
Services:
- Gift Aid reclaim
- Marketing consent collection
- Corporate fundraising
- Dedicated help desk
- Training and advice
- Use of Virgin Money Lounges
- Bank grade security and PSD2 compliant payments
- Donor Covers Fee
Just £150 +VAT to join then pay as you go – no monthly charges
Because we are not-for-profit and funded by Virgin Money, we are able to give you all of this for a small one-off fee and low transaction charges.
Sign up
We just need a few details to get your account set up. This includes a contact email address and your charity number. It only takes a few minutes to register.
Activate your account
To complete your registration you’ll just need to provide your Gift Aid number, a few more details about your charity and pay the £150 one-off registration fee.
Start receiving donations
Create your branded charity page, set up a campaign, create an event, add our donation buttons to your site and start promoting your cause.
Want to know more?
Here are some of the more commonly asked questions by our charities.
Charities need to have at least one bank account registered with us so we can process donations, but you can add as many extra bank accounts as you like.
You can choose to have different accounts for different fundraising events or one account for everything – it’s completely up to you.
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Yes – whenever someone makes a donation or sponsors a friend we’ll ask if they’re eligible for Gift Aid.
If they are and agree to claim Gift Aid, we’ll reclaim the Gift Aid from HMRC and it will be passed on to the charity in full.
Gift Aid is the simple way to increase the size of your donation, and because it’s reclaimed from the Government it won’t cost you any extra.
Find out more about Gift Aid here.
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Charities receive their donated funds once a week (less our fees).
We also reclaim Gift Aid from HMRC and pass it on, in full, once a week.
To find out more about how we process donations, please read our help guide.
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See a breakdown of our charity fees.
Remember, because Virgin Money Giving is not-for-profit our fees are just enough to cover our operating costs. Should we make any money over and above this in future, we’ll always use it to reduce our fees further or improve our services. Also these fees only apply to charities – it’s completely free for fundraisers and donors to use our website.
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Help and support
Our blog is there to support you every step of the way with fundraising ideas, inspiring stories and competitions.
Read our blogA not-for-profit company from Virgin Money
Fundraising is just one of the ways we can help you.