The Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal 2015 has raised over £2.25m, making it the paper’s most successful appeal ever.

The appeal has received over 20,000 individual donations and it revealed the new total yesterday. The Guardian said that the total is continuing to rise, with about £200,000 received in the first few days of 2016 alone.

The We Stand Together appeal is raising money for six charities supporting refugees across the world. The charities are: the Red Cross, Migrant Offshore Aid Station (Moas), Doctors of the World, Refugee Council, City of Sanctuary, and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

The paper’s previous fundraising record was set in 2014 following the Boxing Day Tsunami, when it raised £1.47m.