One Donation, Twice the Impact – RSN Stitch Bank Big Give Christmas Challenge
30th November, 2024
The RSN is part of the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge, 3—10 December 2024
The RSN is excited to announce that we have been selected to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge this December, aiming to raise £9,800 for RSN Stitch Bank, the world guide of stitches, free for everyone to use. The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest collaborative fundraising campaign, and donations can be made by anyone across the world.
What is the Big Give Christmas Challenge?
Big Give is a registered charity (1136547) that runs match funded campaigns for charities and special causes at key moments across the year. By connecting charities to match funders and the public, Big Give helps them to double their donations. It’s a simple idea – when the public donates through a Big Give campaign, it asks funders to match their donation, so that £50 donated from the public becomes £100 for the charity.
The RSN’s Christmas Challenge 2024 will focus on RSN Stitch Bank, the free world guide to stitches which currently holds 450 stitches with more to be added on 20 December.
What is RSN Stitch Bank?
RSN Stich Bank is a free online resource that digitally conserves and showcases the wide variety of the world’s embroidery stitches.
Each stitch on RSN Stitch Bank comes with helpful videos, written instructions, illustrations and photographs for each stitch, giving stitchers a free, accessible way to learn embroidery and preserve stitches for generations to come.
RSN Stitch Bank receives no government funding, so we therefore rely on the generous donations of our users to keep it free for everyone. From embroiderers to teachers, from researchers to curators, thousands access RSN Stitch Bank from around the world. The RSN wants RSN Stitch Bank to remain a free resource ensuring the future of hand embroidery.
How does the RSN’s Big Give Christmas Challenge work?
Every donation given between 3 – 10 December will be doubled! For example, a donation of £10, will be matched, meaning £20 will be given to RSN Stitch Bank. Donations from outside the UK are also accepted.
Donations to RSN Stitch Bank will be generously matched by our incredible supporters and our Big Give Champion, The Reed Foundation.
This year, we are looking to raise a total of £9,800. In order to access the £4,900 we already have in the matching pot, we need to raise £4,900 in online donations.
How can you get involved?
The RSN’s Big Give Christmas Challenge starts on Giving Tuesday, 3 December and you will have 7 days to donate to our campaign.
To make a donation, simply visit our Big Give Challenge page and make a donation between Tuesday 3 (midday) – Tuesday 10 December (midday).
The RSN would really appreciate it if you could share our campaign with your friends who also use RSN Stitch Bank, and your wider social network – anyone who would be interested in having their donation doubled!
Set a reminder and add our campaign page to it so that you don’t miss your chance to double your donation!
