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Jingle Jam Announces Charity Partners for 2024 & New Strategic Approach
Wednesday 5 June 2024, Bristol UK: Jingle Jam has announced the eight partner charities that will benefit from money raised during Jingle Jam 2024.
Building on last year’s success, Jingle Jam 2024 will unite the world’s best games, creators, and their communities for a fortnight of entertainment to raise millions of pounds to help make the world the best place it can be for children and young people.
Jingle Jam 2023 saw creators including Vikkstar123, Freyz Playz, Terroriser and RTGame come together alongside founders The Yogscast for the fundraising festivities.
Last year £2.7 million was raised for 12 charity partners which saw the initiative’s lifetime total pass £25 million.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and War Child have been appointed as strategic partners for the next three years. They will work closely with Jingle Jam to support the charity's growth—including helping with resources and planning.
The two charities will be joined by Jingle Jam stalwarts Autistica, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), as well as three charities joining for the first time: Cool Earth, Sarcoma UK and The Trevor Project.
Between them, the partners tackle important issues that make the world a better place for young people. They are focused on areas including mental health, animal conservation, hospital care, LGBTQ+ support, neurodiversity inclusion and children affected by global conflicts and the environment.
“Selection this year was, as ever, incredibly hard, but we believe these eight charities, including our two strategic partner charities, represent an extremely strong cohort that can deliver impact against our key focus areas in the UK, the US and all around the world,” said Jingle Jam Chair Rich Keith.
“Our 2024 partners will also engage a broader range of creators, a key area for us as we embark on a new three-year approach for growth. We are delighted to have these wonderful charities on board and we're already working on plans to make Jingle Jam 2024 the best yet."
The 2024 Jingle Jam will take place from 1 - 14 December. More details about the event will be announced over the coming months.
Founded by Lewis and Simon of the Yogscast in 2011 to raise money for Oxfam, Jingle Jam has grown significantly in size and momentum ever since and was established as a fundraising charity in 2022.
Jingle Jam has since grown massively and now draws in hundreds of streamers from around the world and beyond the Yogscast network each year.
In 2023, over 600 creators held fundraising streams with a combined 1.5m hours of watch time and over 7.3m views. These included high-profile creators such as Vikkstar123, Terroriser, RTGame and Freyz Playz as well as hundreds of community streamers all around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of donors have donated to their favourite creators through Jingle Jam’s partnership with Tiltify to support causes they care about.
Jingle Jam donors are also able to access the Jingle Jam Games Collection, which offers unbeatable value and is supported by games developers and publishers around the world.
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About Jingle Jam
Jingle Jam unites the world’s best games, creators, and their communities for a fortnight 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 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 counselors 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.
