News from the Fundraising team at Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity.
The Big Give #ChristmasChallenge
Your Donation Will Be DOUBLED This December !
We’re very excited to let you know that we have been selected to participate in this year’s Big Give #ChristmasChallenge.
That means that every donation made to our campaign via BigGive.org during the week of 2 – 9 December, will be doubled.
All donations to Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity will be matched £1 for £1 through the #ChristmasChallenge, helped by our group of incredible pledgers and our champion match funder, AKO Foundation.
Your donation of £10 turns into £20, your £50 into £100 – and so on!
So whatever you can give, no matter the size, every donation will make double the difference helping us to deliver specialist support for people with dyslexia.
What can you do now?
✅ Starting today at midday and running until 9 December, make a donation to the Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge here. The donate button will appear on the Big Give Helen Arkell page when the campaign starts at 12pm (midday) today.
✅ Share the campaign with friends, family, or on social media – anyone who may want their donation doubled!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at fundraising@helenarkell.org.uk
Thank you so much for your support – together, we can make twice the impact in 2026!
Watch the Big Give Video here! 
Q & A’s
1) Online donations to participating Charities received during the live campaign will be matched initially by pledge funds. Once a Charity has used all of its pledge funds, donations will be matched by Champion funds until Champion funds are exhausted or until the campaign ends, whichever is sooner.
2) Once our Charity pledge funds and Champion funds have been exhausted, our donation page on the Big Give website will clearly state that any subsequent donations will not be matched. Donors will still be encouraged to make an unmatched donation.
3) All donations made during the campaign must be made online via Big Give’s website without exception. Donations must be made via a Charity’s donation page on Big Give’s website, for the project which has been accepted into the campaign.
4) The minimum single donation that can be made during the campaign is £1. The maximum donation made during the campaign using a credit or debit card is £25,000. The largest donation made using our donation funds feature is £500,000.
5) A donation is eligible to be matched if it is made through the Charities campaign when the campaign is live and if there is sufficient funding available in the match fund for the selected Charity.
6) Once matching funds are reserved, donors will have 25 minutes to complete their donation. If the donation is not completed within 25 minutes, the Donor will be notified, and the match funding will be released back into the match fund for said Charity.
A message from Mia ⭐
Mia tells us why this campaign will help more children like her.
