Do you ever shop online? Have you signed up to Easyfundraising?
If you answered “Yes” to both questions, then you’re my kind of person!! Keep it up!
If you answered “Yes” to question 1 and “No” to question 2, then I’d like to share just how easy it would be to change the “No” to a “Yes”!!
What is Easyfundraising?
Easyfundraising is the UK’s biggest charity shopping site. Every time that you shop online with one of the 8,100 brands that are signed up, they will donate a percentage of your spend to your chosen charity – Paddock Wood Bowls Club – at no extra cost to you.
What Do Brands Donate?
Most brands pay a % of what you spend with them as a donation, for example if you spend £150 on a hotel via booking.com, they will donate 3% which is £4.50. Some retailers pay a flat amount, for example is you buy car insurance with confused.com via easyfundraising, they will donate a flat £15 regardless of the cost of the policy.
Getting Started
Create an account
To create an account:
- Go to www. easyfundraising.org.uk on your PC / laptop / tablet / phone.
- Click on “Sign Up”.
- Click on “Support a cause”.
- Start typing “Paddock Wood Bowls Club” in the search box and click on it when it comes up in the list.
- Click on “Search Cause” and you’ll be taken to page showing Paddock Wood Bowls Club.
- Click on Paddock Wood Bowls Club.
- Having chosen Paddock Wood Bowls Club, you will now be asked to provide:
- your e:mail address.
- A password.
- Your first and last name.
- You’ll then be asked if you want to receive e:mails to let you know when certain traders are offering special deals on donations.
- You will then click on the “Add Extension” button. This will automatically prompt you to use Easyfundraising every time you shop online.
That’s you all set up!
Note that with some brands, such as Amazon, the donation prompt doesn’t work! If you are shopping with them, then you would need to go to Easyfundraising first and then choose Amazon (for example) and be taken to the shop that way.
Mobile Phone App
To use Easyfundraising on your mobile phone, download the Easyfundraising app and log in. It will ask you to click on a button to link to Safari (or Android equivalent). It will also tell you how to enable a donation reminder. With that enabled, you will always be prompted when the shop offers donations, so you’ll never forget to do it!
You can find out more about Easyfundraising on their web site - www. easyfundraising.org.uk.