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Jingle Jam 2024 begins with over £750,000 raised on Night One as best-ever Games Collection revealed
Monday 2 December - The 2024 Jingle Jam began last night, with the fundraising spectacle raising more than £750,000 over the course of its first evening and much more to come for the event’s eight charity partners over the next 13 days.
Jingle Jam unites the worlds best games, creators and their communities for two weeks of entertainment that powers a lifetime of change. More than 1,000 creators have signed up to raise money for a host of incredible causes through streams and events over the next fortnight.
Viewers are encouraged to donate as much as they are able to, with the first 100,000 people to donate £35 or more receiving a copy of the Jingle Jam 2024 Games Collection.
Limited to just 100,000 copies, the Games Collection boasts incredible value. Headlined by SEGA and Two Point Studios’ Two Point Campus, the collection also includes Shadows of Doubt from Fireshine and Cole Powered Games, Scorn from Kepler Interactive, Citizen Sleeper from Fellow Traveller and Jump Over The Age, and For the King 2 from Curve Games and IronOak Games.
The full collection of games is listed below.
Game Name |
Publisher/Developer |
Another Crab's Treasure |
Aggro Crab |
Citizen Sleeper |
Fellow Traveller |
Death Sprint 66 |
Secret Mode |
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers |
Yogscast Games |
Eternights |
Kepler Interactive |
Fights in Tight Spaces |
Ground Shatter / Mode 7 |
For the King 2 |
Curve Digital / IronOak Games |
Frostpunk |
11 Bit Studios |
Hadean Tactics |
Emberfish Games |
Mars First Logistics |
Shape Shop / Outersloth |
Orcs Must Die 3 |
Robot Entertainment |
Patrick's Parabox |
Patrick Traynor |
Scorn |
Kepler Interactive |
Shadows of Doubt |
Fireshine Games |
Sticky Business |
Assemble Entertainment |
Submachine Legacy |
Mateusz Skutnik |
Two Point Campus |
SEGA |
Wildfrost |
Chucklefish |
The collection also includes a 40% discount on metal posters from Displate, a host of exciting MCC Island cosmetics from Noxcrew, and a spin of the Fanatical Jingle Jam Wheel where you can win games and other prizes.
“This year’s Jingle Jam is finally underway, and we’re already seeing the amazing things that can happen when gaming and creator communities gather to support our incredible causes,” said Rich Keith, chair of Jingle Jam Trustees.
“I’d like to thank our publishing partners, including Curve Games, Fireshine and Secret Mode, for their contributions to our best-ever Charity Games Collection. There’s so much fun still in store over the next couple of weeks, so be sure to get involved.”
Some of the events taking place this week as part of the Jingle Jam include TommyInnit playing Minecraft with the late Technoblade’s dad on Friday 6 December in support of Sarcoma UK, Talia Mar streaming for CALM on Wednesday 4 December, and RTGame and The Spiffing Brit playing chat-controlled Magic The Gathering on Saturday 7 December.
Proceeds will go towards supporting The Jingle Jam’s 2024 eight charity partners: War Child, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Autistica, Cool Earth, Sarcoma UK, The Trevor Project, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC).
Full details of charity partners, as well as information on how to get involved, can be found at jinglejam.co.uk.
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About Jingle Jam
Jingle Jam unites the world’s best games, creators, and their communities for two weeks of entertainment that raises millions of pounds for charities to make the world the best place it can be for children and young people.
Since 2011, donors have turned up in their thousands to donate to their favourite creators’ fundraisers and support causes they care about, often in return for the unbeatable value offered by the games industry-led Jingle Jam Games Collection.
About Autistica
Autistica is the UK's leading autism research and campaigning charity. Their vision is a world where every autistic person lives a happy, healthy, long life. They fund and carry out research-based solutions, shape policy and work with autistic people to make more of a difference.
Autistica have committed to creating a more enabling world by 2030. Through their six ‘2030 Goals’ they will create effective health and social care, meaningful employment, accessible public spaces, and inclusive attitudes.
About Campaign Against Living Miserably
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is a suicide prevention charity fighting to reduce the devastating impact of suicide in the UK. They run a life-saving helpline for anyone affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts. It’s free, anonymous and open from 5 pm to midnight every day.
Their website has loads of tools and resources packed with practical, non-clinical advice to make talking and managing mental health easier. CALM also run vital campaigns to increase awareness, smash stereotypes, and change the culture around mental health and suicide.
About Cool Earth
Cool Earth partners with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities who live in the rainforest and who have historically been the best at shaping and stewarding these ecosystems.
Protecting carbon-rich forests in the three largest expanses of rainforests in the world is the most scalable and cost-effective solution against the climate crisis. Supporting the rights and livelihoods of people who live in and rely on the rainforest is the most ethical and impactful conservation practice and our commitment to climate justice.
Founded in 2007, Cool Earth pioneered an unconditional cash transfer model to support Indigenous peoples and local communities against threats to their lands and rights.
About Sarcoma UK
Sarcoma UK is a national charity that funds vital research, offers support for anyone affected by sarcoma cancer and campaigns for better treatments. It is the only cancer charity in the UK focusing on all types of sarcoma. It is now one of the biggest funders of sarcoma research in the UK, having invested £6.5 million in 85 pioneering sarcoma research projects to date.
Sarcomas are uncommon cancers that can affect any part of the body, on the inside or outside, including the muscle, bone, tendons, blood vessels and fatty tissues. There are around 100 different sub-types of sarcoma cancer.
About The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Trevor offers 24/7 crisis services, connecting highly trained counsellors with LGBTQ+ young people whenever they need support. To drive prevention efforts, The Trevor Project also operates robust research, advocacy, education, and peer support programs.
The Trevor Project envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ young people feel safe, seen, and accepted exactly as they are.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
About Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal is the dedicated charity for Bristol Children’s Hospital, which cares for 100,000 babies, children and teenagers each year from across the South West and South Wales, covering the largest geographic area of any other children's hospital in England.
A hospital can be a scary and overwhelming place at any age, but none more so than when you are a child. That’s why from the moment a child and their family arrive at Bristol Children’s Hospital, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal is there for them.
Over the last 29 years, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal has supported both the children admitted to the hospital and their families, who are often going through the most challenging period of their lives. Whether this be through the delivery of specialist music and play therapy on the wards or by providing free accommodation to parents who find themselves many miles from home. Our portfolio of services and investments is delivered in partnership with the hospital to enhance its quality of treatment and care and aims to ensure critically ill children and their families receive the very best support. To help Bristol Children’s Hospital provide the very best care, the charity funds life-saving medical equipment, family accommodation, art, music and play programmes, family and child-centred art improvements and so much more.
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal receives no statutory or NHS funding and relies entirely on the generosity of the local community, grant-making trusts, and corporate partnerships for support.
https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/
About War Child
War Child UK is driven by a single goal—ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war.
Using 30 years of experience and proven methodologies, War Child aims to reach children as quickly as possible when conflict breaks out and stays long after the cameras have gone to support them through their recovery.
War Child UK is a member of the War Child Alliance, a global foundation made up of five fundraising offices and 14 programme offices.
About Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), is the leading global charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales and dolphins. WDC defends these remarkable creatures against the many threats they face like hunting, pollution, captivity, entanglement and climate change, through campaigns, lobbying, advising governments, conservation projects, field research and rescue.
