Run For Heroes: Donate to the NHS with Virgin Money Giving

by Natalie Clarkson

15 April 2020

Virgin Money doesn’t make any profit on donations. Their charges are kept to an absolute minimum – they put everything back into providing a safe and simple way for people to give online.

Virgin Money Giving is encouraging people to continue giving to their chosen charities during the COVID-19 pandemic. And one group who is doing just that is Run For Heroes.

They came up with a simple idea to raise money for NHS Charities Together, who support the welfare and wellbeing of NHS staff working on the frontlines to fight COVID-19. Run For Heroes asked people to do three things: run 5k, donate £5 and then nominate five people on social media to do the same.

They were aiming to raise £5,000 for NHS Charities Together – but they reached that target in just four days. At the time of writing, they have raised £2.6 million and are now aiming to reach £3.5 million.

And because Run For Heroes is using Virgin Money Giving to raise money, more of the money donated is going directly to the charity. Virgin Money Giving runs their fundraising website without making a profit – keeping the costs down for everyone.

Virgin Money has also announced it will cover the platform fee for Virgin Money Giving for the remainder of government lockdown.

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£2 MILLION 🎉🎉🎉 • YOU ARE ALL AMAZING 💕🥰💓 collectively you’ve raised A MILLION in a day (causal) for the NHS workers & volunteers on the frontline of Covid-19 You’ve officially spread the word to over 400,000 runners globally & on top of that crashed the fundraising site on numerous occasions We’re currently speaking to @nhscharitiestogether to find out exactly what £2 million means to them and we’ll release information on that this week 💓 Currently we know that this will be going towards well being packs, accommodation, volunteer expenses, mental health support & support isolated patients communicate with their friends and family 💕 Until then, continue running, donating & nominating 🤚 if you haven’t been nominated already, I nominate you. If you’ve already done it ~ why not do it again?! With your help.... maybe we could reach 5 million 🤞 Thank you again ~ and mostly to all the NHS workers & volunteers working around the clock💖 Artwork always by talented @ivp_studios (and the quickest one she had to make due to the numbers growing so quickly!!!)

A post shared by R U N F O R H E R O E S (@run.for.heroes) on Apr 15, 2020 at 1:44am PDT

So if you’ve not done it already, why not get out there on your daily exercise (which is allowed in the UK, even during lockdown) and run 5k? Then visit Virgin Money Giving to donate £5 to NHS Charities Together to fund vital support for the heroes in the NHS. Then challenge five of your mates to do the same.

We’re off to get our trainers on…