Overview
- Glasgow ranked second followed by London in third, with Cardiff fourth, Bristol fifth, Norwich sixth, Manchester seventh, Belfast eighth, Edinburgh ninth, and Wrexham entering the top 10 for the first time.
- Liverpool’s largest local fundraiser this year focused on Croxteth toddler Sienna-Rose Millen, whose family sought more than £150,000 for emergency private medical transport after she collapsed in Mexico.
- Merseyside communities raised over £370,000 to build a memorial playground at Churchtown Primary School for pupils killed in the Southport stabbing, making it the platform’s fourth-biggest campaign of the year.
- A Wrexham appeal led by Jasmin Roberts reached its £1.5 million goal for her son Ollie’s heart surgery, aided by a £10,000 donation from Ryan Reynolds and enabling an operation scheduled at Stanford Children’s Hospital in January.
- GoFundMe said Ollie’s fundraiser drew the highest number of individual donations globally this year.