Double The Love
Double The Love
It costs just £19.15 to feed a child with Mary's Meals every day for a school year. And, with Double The Love, a donation of £19.15 will feed two children.
Double your love for Mary’s Meals this winter!
From 12 November, donations made to Mary’s Meals will be doubled by a group of generous supporters, up to £1.1 million!
This means your kindness will go even further and we can reach even more hungry children with a life-changing school meal. With rising costs, climate change, and conflict creating fear and uncertainty for many children in the countries where we work, our nutritious school meals are needed more now than ever before.
It costs just £19.15 to feed a child with Mary's Meals every day for a school year. And, with Double The Love, a donation of £19.15 will feed two children.
Thank you for helping us to reach more than 2.4 million children around the world with Mary’s Meals every school day, so that they can achieve their ambitions and look towards a brighter future.
Together, through Double The Love, we can transform the lives of many more desperately hungry children waiting for Mary’s Meals.
Gift matching will end when donations reach £1.1 million, so donate today to ensure your kindness goes twice as far.
How Double The Love feeds more children
Make a donation to Mary's Meals
Your donation is matched by a group of generous donors
More children will be served life-changing school meals
Regular giving during Double The Love
If you choose to set up a regular gift during 2024, then your first two donations to Mary’s Meals will be doubled.
And if you are already a regular giver, any increase to your gift made during our Double The Love campaign will also be matched for two payments!
To increase your Direct Debit or recurring card payment, you can fill out this form or please contact us on 0800 698 1212. To increase your standing order, please contact your bank.
The porridge gives me energy to participate in class. I can concentrate in class better after I eat my porridge. Ruth, from Zambia
It costs just £19.15 to feed a child for a whole year.
This winter, the same donation will feed two children!
Frequently Asked Questions
You can find out more about how Double The Love works by reading our FAQs
What is Double The Love and how does it work?
From 12 November 2024, donations made to Mary’s Meals will be doubled thanks to a group of generous supporters, up to £1.1 million. We also have a further match pot of up to £100,000 reserved to match regular gifts set up during this period. Regular gifts will be doubled for the first two payments.
You can donate in a range of ways or by setting up a regular gift during the campaign period – meaning we can reach even more hungry children with a nutritious meal at school.
Does this match funding apply to all donations?
All monetary donations raised from 12 November until the target is reached will be doubled, except for:
- Donations already pledged, for example existing regular gifts or expected grants
- Legacy donations
- Certain items purchased from our online shop (see below)
- New donations from trusts and foundations, unless Double The Love is cited as a motivating factor
- Donations as a result of foreign currency exchange collections.
Will funds raised through items bought in your online shop be doubled?
Gift cards, digital gift cards, our digital Christmas tree activity and our range of life-changing digital gifts will be doubled. This is because buying these items is classed as a donation.
Other items bought in our online shop – such as Christmas cards and t-shirts – are not eligible for match funding. This is because these are classed as purchases, rather than donations.
Will my regular gift be doubled?
Until the end of 2024, new regular gifts are doubled as part of a separate campaign, up to a value of £100,000, so any new regular gifts set up by the end of the year (including new payroll gifts) will be matched for the first two payments. Any increases to existing regular gifts will also be doubled, for the first two payments.
Will donations to my Sponsor A School project be doubled?
Yes, any donation made towards your fundraising goal will be doubled. However, the matched amount will be allocated to our Double The Love campaign – not the school that you sponsor. This will help to feed even more hungry children across the 17 countries that we work in.
Can you claim Gift Aid during the Double The Love campaign?
We can claim Gift Aid on donations made during our Double The Love campaign, so please complete our form. However, the Gift Aid amount cannot be doubled.
Can funds I raised before 12 November 2024, but haven’t yet donated, be doubled?
To be eligible for match funding, all funds must be raised during the match period (from 12 November until the target is reached). Funds raised before this time cannot be matched regardless of when these are paid in.
Do I need to make my donation by a certain date for it to be doubled?
Funds must be received from 12 November and before the target is reached. There is no ‘end date’ for Double The Love as it depends on when we hit the match pot total.
What happens if my donation reaches you after the £1.1 million target has been reached?
Funds which reach us after the target match fund has been reached will not be doubled.
Will donations made through third-party platforms, such as JustGiving, be doubled?
Donations through the following third-party platforms will be doubled:
- CAF (except Pay As You Earn)
- Stewardship
- JustGiving
Will a donation made through my Donor Advised Fund (DAF) be doubled?
Yes, donations from DAFs will be doubled, as long as they reach us after 12 November and before the match pot is used up, and are not previously pledged donations.
Will a donation made by corporates be doubled?
Yes, donations from corporates will be doubled, as long as they reach us after 12 November and before the match pot has been used up and are not previously pledged donations.
How will the money be spent?
Funds raised during Double The Love will allow Mary’s Meals to provide daily school meals to even more hungry children in the world’s poorest countries including Lebanon, Haiti and Ethiopia.
Who has provided this funding?
A group of generous supporters have provided this funding to help us reach even more hungry children with Mary’s Meals.
What is the exact match pot worth?
The exact total for the match pot, as per 12 November 2024, is £1,108,350. For ease of communication, we have rounded this to £1.1 million. There is a further £100,000 pledged only to match regular gifts made during this period.
Can I contribute to the match pot to inspire other people to donate?
Yes, the match pot remains open for contributions while the appeal is running. If you’d like to inspire other people to donate by adding to the Double The Love match pot, please get in touch with us on 0800 698 1212 or email info@marysmeals.org.
Any further questions?
Do you have any other questions about the Mary’s Meals Double The Love campaign?
Get in touch with us on 0800 698 1212 or email info@marysmeals.org