A thread about @JustGiving and Captain Tom& #39;s NHS fundraising.

Captain Tom Moore has raised a staggering £27.75m.

If Just Giving apply their usual 1.9% & #39;card processing& #39; fee they have kept over half a million pounds! Plus they charge 20p per donation. So ........ 1/3

from 1,310,894 of Captain Tom& #39;s supporters that& #39;s another £262k profit Just Giving have made.

By default they also apply a 10% & #39;optional& #39; platform fee when you donate so if a quarter of those people didn& #39;t amend the default, they made an additional £693k!!!!!

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That& #39;s why I encourage @OCDUK fundraisers to fundraise using Virgin Money Giving, who not only do not apply so called optional fees by default, they have waived their 1.9% fee during lockdown.

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