Your donation will only be doubled during the campaign week:
👉 https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006CNjmYAGThe donate button goes live at 12pm (midday) on 2 December.
Please set an alarm in your calendar.
Donating early will not attract match funding.
Tell your friends, family, colleagues and networks that their donation can go twice as far.
You can copy and paste messages from our supporter pack (coming soon), or follow us on social media for shareable posts.
Together, we can reach our £17,500 target and support twice as many children.
Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
Double Your Impact for Children with Long Covid
What: Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
When: 2–9 December | Every donation doubled
This Christmas, you can make twice the difference for children and young people living with Long Covid.
From 2–9 December, every donation to Long Covid Kids through the Big Give Christmas Challenge will be matched £1 for £1, doubling your impact and helping us reach our ambitious £17,500 target.
👉 Donate between 2–9 December!
Why Your Support Matters
Across the UK, thousands of children are still living with the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Too often, they remain unseen, unsupported, and unheard.
With over 11,000 families in our community, Long Covid Kids is the leading charity supporting children and young people living with Long Covid.
But demand is growing, infections continue and gaps in support are widening.
As a small, patient-led charity, every donation makes a meaningful difference.
111,816 children (aged 3–17)
in the UK have experienced Long Covid in England and Scotland alone. (ONS, April 2024).
10 to 20% of children
infected with COVID-19 may be affected. The risks of paediatric Long Covid double with a second infection.
Nearly 6 million children
are estimated by the US NIH RECOVER study to be affected by Paediatric Long Covid, putting it on track to become the number one childhood illness, more than are diagnosed with paediatric asthma.
Despite this, children remain overlooked
across healthcare, education, research, and policy, leaving families without the care and support they need.
Our Project:
Voices, Support & Hope for Children with Long Covid
Your doubled donation will help fund our essential work, including:
“With infections and reinfections ongoing, and more than 111,000 children and young people already affected (ONS April 2024, England & Scotland), we urgently need to expand the support, tools and visibility they deserve."
“Children with Long Covid have been sidelined for too long.”
“This year’s Covid Inquiry hearing for Module 8 highlighted powerful and often distressing testimony from families and experts, bringing national attention to the ongoing impact of Long Covid on children. We hope this growing recognition will translate into meaningful support, not just for the families already affected, but for those who may need help in the months or years ahead.
We are aiming to raise an ambitious £17,500 this year. To unlock the full match funding, we must raise £8,750 in online donations. We hope our community, and the wider public, will give generously to help us continue the work we believe in so passionately: ensuring every young person has the support they need, whether they are affected now, in the future, or should they develop Long Covid or any overlapping illness after a future an infection.”
Sammie McFarland,
CEO & Founder of Long Covid Kids
How to Take Part
About Big Give
Double the Hope. Double the Impact. Double the Support.
Big Give is a registered charity that runs the UK’s biggest match-funding campaigns.
By connecting charities with match funders, philanthropists, foundations, corporates, Big Give doubles the value of public donations, making a bigger impact on major social challenges.
To date, Big Give has raised over £350 million for thousands of charities.
Your gift can change a child’s life and from 2–9 December.
👉 Donate during the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025