Every year, the Big Give Christmas Challenge helps fund our Bursary Scheme. Thanks to our pledgers, we've raised £2,500 in pledges — and we're looking forward to the December campaign, tied in with our end-of-year concerts.
Every year, YMM takes part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise money for our Bursary Scheme, which helps children from disadvantaged families benefit from everything YMM has to offer.
Over the last year, the YMM community supported eighteen young people to access a full year of music lessons and groups, helped by £5951 we raised through the Big Give.
🤝 How the Big Give Works
The Big Give is a matched funding scheme. Core supporters who are able to promise ("pledge") £100 or more see that pledge matched by a Big Give Champion funder — and then doubled again through donations from the broader YMM community during our Christmas "Challenge Week", held around the time of our Christmas concert. It's a way to make your charitable giving work harder!
As in previous years, we'll be aiming to raise £2,500 in £100+ pledges from YMM supporters, philanthropists and businesses over the summer. With the Big Give's matching, that becomes £5,000 of matched funds — which we'll then seek to double during Challenge Week in December, as we have successfully done for several years. That would provide £10,000 for the bursary scheme: equivalent to a full year's cost of supporting the current bursary students.
💛 No Payment Up Front
Pledging doesn't cost anything today. Pledgers are only asked to pay if we are successful in raising matched funds in December.
📅 Update: Pledges Secured!
Thank you to everyone who pledged — we've raised our £2,500 in pledges! We're now looking forward to the second phase of the campaign, from 1 to 8 December, which will tie in with our end-of-year concerts. During that week, every online donation made through the Big Give will be doubled using our match fund. Keep an eye on the weekly newsletter for the donation link.
Many thanks, and wishing you all a great summer ahead!