The Glastonbury Festival raised a record of almost £6m for charities and good causes in 2024 through donations and charitable payments.
The event said it will have made payments of more than £5.9m to charitable causes and campaigns.
This year’s money is split between £4.3m in donations, including £2m to the Somerset NHS Charity and £126,000 to support NHS hospitals in Bristol and nursing staff across the UK.
The festival paid £1.6m for services such as stewarding, it said.
The 2024 total comfortably eclipses the figure of £3.7m donated to charity by last year’s event, which organisers described as a record at the time.
“As well as our continued support for our incredible joint charity partners Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace, we have been able to help many other projects and organisations both in the UK and overseas,” a statement from the festival organisers said today.
“In addition to this, we’d like to thank everyone who contributed to our emergency fundraiser crowdfunder appeal which also supported people in conflict.
“The crowdfunder prize draw raised £639,000 which the festival matched, bringing the total to over £1.27m to fund the work of the British Red Cross, Oxfam and War Child, delivering humanitarian aid to those in need.”
The music festival addressed recent world events which have highlighted the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, both in the UK and overseas.
“We’re proud to have been able to support charities working with these groups, such as the UK Refugee Council and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR,” the organisers said.
The music festival acknowledged difficulties faced by emerging artists and local music festivals, which it described as “the cultural lifeblood” of Glastonbury.
“We’re delighted to have been able to help nationwide charities promoting access to music for emerging artists, grass roots music, audiences, promoters and venues through donations to the Music Venue Trust,” the organisers said.
Glastonbury also donated to various projects run by charities including Bristol Children’s Charity, Youth Moves, Young Bristol and Black2Nature.