Dear John,

This week, you can double your donation to Population Matters through matched giving.

As part of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, we have secured matched-funds of £8,200 from some of Population Matters' brilliant supporters, and want to raise twice that amount to help support our campaigns by the end of the week. Please can you help match our pledgers' generosity?

The Christmas Challenge runs from today until* 12 noon GMT on Tuesday 6 December. During this time your donation will have twice the impact at no additional cost to you. Please support us from just £1 using the link below, and your donation will be doubled*!

Population Matters has already started the conversation and we encourage everyone to join us. It's essential we all talk: about the choice to be childfree or have a smaller family; about the big carbon footprints some of us have that can destroy the homes and lives of others; about the women who want an education but are unable to access or use contraceptives so cannot go to school; about the wildlife and habitats disappearing because of our relentless growth.

It's a big and complicated conversation. But we can't keep sweeping population growth under the carpet. With more than 8 billion humans on our one planet, it's time to talk - and keep talking - until more of us change and more of us can act. 

Will you help us grow the population conversation?

The Big Give Christmas Challenge is the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Last year, thanks to generous supporters like you, the campaign raised over £24 million for 928 charities. This year, donations will be matched pound for pound for 7 days*, until 12 noon GMT on Tuesday 6 December. 

Please consider supporting Population Matters via The Big Give on this #GivingTuesday. 

Thank you very much,

Izi Clery
Head of Fundraising and Engagement

*or until we reach our matched-funding target of £8,200, raising £16,400 in total. You can still donate after we reach our target, your gift just won't be matched.