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Video game charity Jingle Jam crosses £30 million lifetime fundraising total
Jingle Jam 2025 raises £3.2 million for partnered charities as total raised by the event since it began in 2011 passes an incredible milestone.
17 December, Bristol, UK: Annual video game charity event Jingle Jam has surpassed a lifetime total of £30 million following the 2025 iteration of the event.
Running from 1-14 December, the 2025 Jingle Jam raised £3.2 million for this year’s eight partnered charities: Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), War Child, Autistica, Become, Make-A-Wish, The Trevor Project, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and WWF.
More than 70,000 donations were made during this year’s event, averaging £45.00 per donation. Over seven million viewers watched over 14,400 hours of live-streamed content from more than 1,000 content creator fundraisers.
The two weeks of entertainment included an incredible range of livestream, recorded and IRL events. From speedrunning to Twitch relays, from quiz nights to variety marathons, this year’s Jingle Jam was the most action-packed, epic event it’s ever been.
The total raised since Jingle Jam began in 2011 now stands at £30.7 million, which has supported fifty chosen charity partners over the years.
Jingle Jam started when Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane of The Yogscast asked fans to donate to Oxfam instead of sending them Christmas presents. The event now sees hundreds of content creators from around the world taking part over two weeks every December, to raise money for eight chosen charities that impact the lives of millions globally.
This year’s drew 55,000 donations that unlocked this year’s Jingle Jam Games Collection. The Collection is a bespoke, premium collection of games donated by developers and publishers annually, and this year included Tactical Breach Wizards from Suspicious Developments Core Keeper, Dungeons of Hinterberg from, Microbird Games, and so much more.
“Reaching this milestone is a testament to the incredible generosity of the video game community, and the amazing things that can happen when people come together to make the world a better place,” said Rich Keith, chair of Jingle Jam Trustees. “We’re incredibly proud, but for Jingle Jam this is only the beginning.”
Hundreds of creators took part in this year’s Jingle Jam, led by founders The Yogscast and key ambassadors RTGame and The Spiffing Brit, along with a host of huge names including ChrisMD,, Zentraya, WillNE,ArthurTV,Smosh Games, Talia Mar, FreyzPlayz, Jack Manifold, Outside Xbox, Storror, Limealicious, hJune and Trust in Rust, and so many more.
Jingle Jam will return next year, from Tuesday 1 December to Monday 14 December 2026 and swathes of creators have already pledged their commitment to return and go even further next time.
Full details of charity partners can be found at jinglejam.co.uk. Get involved by registering to fundraise at jinglejam.tiltify.com.
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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 and support causes they care about, often in return for the unbeatable value offered by the games industry-led Jingle Jam Games Collection.
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 runs vital campaigns to increase awareness, smash stereotypes, and change the culture around mental health and suicide.
About War Child UK
Using 30 years of experience and proven methodologies, War Child aims to reach children as quickly as possible when conflict breaks out and stay long after the cameras have gone to support them through their recovery.
Every day, its local teams are in communities and refugee camps creating safe spaces for children to play, learn, and access psychological support. War Child will never give up on children affected by conflict.
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 Become
Become is the national charity dedicated to supporting every child and young person with experience of the care system in England. Young people tell Become what’s not working. Together, they fight to make change happen.
Every child and young person deserves support, stability – and love. In care, that doesn’t always happen. Become exists to help every single care-experienced young person, so they get the support they need.
About Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Founded in 1980, Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading wish-granting organization, having granted more than 615,000 wishes in nearly 50 countries worldwide.
When a child is diagnosed with a critical illness and becomes eligible for a wish, their life changes. Wish experiences can restore the childhood stolen by a diagnosis and improve physical and emotional well-being. Together with donors, supporters and more than 27,000 volunteers around the globe, Make-A-Wish brings the power of a wish-come-true to children and their families when they need it most.
https://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/
About The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading organization working to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people in the U.S. and beyond. The nonprofit operates several programs to help prevent and respond to the public health crisis of suicide among LGBTQ+ young people, including 24/7 free crisis services, innovative research, advocacy, public education, and peer support.
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 140,000 babies, children and teenagers each year from across the South West and South Wales.
Over the last 30 years, The 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. Our portfolio of services and investment works in partnership with the hospital to enhance its quality of treatment and aims to ensure critically ill children and their families receive the very best support.
https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/
About WWF:
WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) is one of the world’s largest independent conservation organisations, active in nearly 100 countries.
Their supporters – more than five million of them – are helping WWF to restore nature and to tackle the main causes of nature’s decline, particularly the food system and climate change. WWF works to ensure a world with thriving habitats and species and to change hearts and minds so it becomes unacceptable to overuse our planet’s resources.
