For the first time, The Rescue Hotel will be taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match-funding campaign! During campaign week, donations made through the Big Give platform will be matched pound for pound, meaning every gift has the potential to go twice as far for the dogs who need us most.
To make this possible, a few months ago we reached out to our community to find pledgers willing to make an advance funding commitment. These generous pledges have helped us create a match-funding pot that will double public donations made to The Rescue Hotel’s campaign during the Big Give Christmas Challenge, running from 1st to 8th December 2026.
Although our pledge pot was not selected for additional match funding through Big Give’s Charity Champions, thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we have raised £5,000 in pledges to match public donations during the campaign, giving us the opportunity to raise a life-changing £10,000 for the dogs this Christmas!
Every dog who arrives at Cardiff Dogs Home deserves the chance of a brighter future. For some, that future depends on urgent veterinary care, and this is what we’ll be focusing our campaign on this Christmas.
We’re delighted to feature some of the wonderful businesses supporting us in this photo, but this is by no means a complete list of the amazing people and businesses behind this campaign. We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to individual supporters, including Jayne Cowan MBE and Vix Simpson, on behalf of Self Esteem’s band and crew.
We are especially grateful to our largest pledgers, Colour Sound Experiment, Los Campesinos, L&G, Academy and Musicbox Studios, each of whom has pledged at least £500 towards our match-funding pot. Their support has played a vital role in making this campaign possible.
Planning for our December campaign is already well underway, and we can’t wait to share everything we have in store!