How and why Phandom Gives came about

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As a fandom and internet veteran (at almost 30) I have grown up in fandoms that have a charity component. From Harry Potter, to Glee to One Direction, fans have been raising money for some amazing causes. I have been considering for months the fact that there was no charity drive the Phandom (that I am aware of).

Recently Dan and Phil’s charity work was being discussed. I felt that as a fandom we could be doing more ourselves. I bit the bullet and set everything up to see what the appetite would be for the project. Everyone has surpassed my expectations -see me setting the original goal as £310.00! Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared, it means a lot. Thank you to @psychicmoth for the amazing branding. 

I chose Just Giving because the money goes directly to the charities.
According to their website “We automatically transfer donations to the chosen charity on a weekly basis (or, if the total donated to that particular charity on JustGiving is under £100, we wait until the end of the month). We do this so that charities don’t have to wait too long to start putting the funds raised towards their amazing work.” Further details can be found here 

Please continue to share and donate where you can as Make a Wish is an amazing cause. Clickable Link to donate!

P.S. Dan’s birthday drive is already open raising money for Young Minds but I’ll do a full announcement in February. Feel free to donate now but we do have until June for his one 🙂