2025 UPDATE Why Charity demands increase the importance of Beat The Medallist

Oversubscribed; the demand for free places from the Charity Sector.

This summer every £1 donated to our Crowdfunder generated £3.06 for charity, the latest in over 1100 examples of charities multiplying the value of a place on an athlete experience day, which have now generated £671K in donations. As a shining example to corporates and other philanthropists looking to enhance their social impact, one individual donor, (a parent of one of our previous participants) has seen their £900 worth of Athlete places generate £3104 in donations at auction through a variety of different charities who have retained 100% of that figure. (Happy to forward those examples)

To help meet this demand, this August winning bidders are invited to take on the challenge joining that days Purpose Crew / Squad or XI, for their personal network to help them in their quest to Beat The Medallist – the money they raise gives them time and points bonuses. We also give all donors matching discounts on event experiences and event tickets plus lifetime entry into prize draws to win Experiences, Event Tickets and Memorabilia. All you have to do is just promote on social media, let them decide whether the challenge and the obvious social impact are both worthy of their support.

Medallists Assemble: Henley on Thames

The following examples are the instances of people using the Crowdfunder and enabling us to reward their donors,

Steve and Piers: June 2024: £175

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-purpose-peloton-vs-cancer

Town and Country March 2024: £275

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/townandcountry-vs-gb

Rosie G September 2024: £230

https://www.legacy300.com/post/social-value-and-gb-athletes-the-tale-of-14-year-old-rosie-g-and-the-282-return-on-donations

Rosie G fundraised and placed amounts into main Crowdfunder, got to row for free and donated two places that raised £650 at auction.

Billy Cotton March 2024: £590

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/billy-vs-the-pro-cricket-challenge

Using the Crowdfunder meant they got to do this for free.

Libby Harley: March 2023: £500

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/libbyvsgb?

By using the GB Athletes Crowdfunder platform she also got her entry fee refunded.

These funded amounts were then multiplied at auctions which saw on average £2.70 raised for every £1 donated.

We also have seen some independent efforts that we were unable to reward donors and the charities receive the basic 100% of donations.

Glover / Gurling: November 2023: £2,060

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/JamesandMarkVelodromeChallenge?utm_term=qeP4MvKq9

Whitney: Rowing September 2022 £665

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/samantha-whitney1?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=samantha-whitney1&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=c78e30d93ad04829add8e555b9212631.

Wainwright: Cycling September 2022 £258

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/RobertsSprintChallenge

West: Rowing September 2022 £417

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/joanna-west16?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=joanna-west16&utm_campaign=pfp-whatsapp&utm_term=7b77e98b4d614ea980b74f30e6140873

As we await corporates to show enough intelligence to see the impact that they can create with GB Athletes, we have an amazing platform for people to show them the way.