The perfect gift?
There are only 57 days until Christmas. The more organised among you will already have started squirreling away presents in cupboards. Some of you will be running around shops on Christmas Eve in a desperate attempt to find suitable gifts. I like to think I’m somewhere between these two on the Christmas shopping scale. I’ve just started having a think about what to buy my family and in the next few weeks I’ll probably start my shopping – with most of it happening online.
Now, while you’re shopping online for the Doctor Who annual and faux fur trimmed slippers, wouldn’t you like to be raising a little money for a good cause at no extra cost to you? Well you can at www.easyfundraising.org.uk And as the name suggests it is almost too easy to be true to raise funds for a national charity or a small local group.
All you have to do is log onto Easyfundraising and then search for the retailer you’re looking for, or browse by category of retailer. You then click on the link which takes you to the retailer’s normal site. By taking these few easy steps the retailer will then donate a one-off payment or percentage of your spend with them to a good cause of your choice. There is no difference to the price you pay with the retailer.
Lots of the big names are there including Marks and Spencers and Amazon (other retailers are available). Last Christmas I raised about £20 for Highland Alternative Music, a youth music project my other half’s involved in in Dingwall. Now that might not seem like a lot of money but if 10 or 100 people use Easyfundraising when buying stuff online the figures soon start to rack up, especially if you’re buying larger items. (I’m going to be buying an oven soon and it will raise about £15!)
If you’re involved in a group or organisation you should add yourself to the list of good causes so your friends and families can support your group through Easyfundraising. You just have to fill in an online form to Register your cause. It’s a great opportunity to raise some funds that could go towards buying new equipment for a sports group or new toys for a playgroup, for example.
As you can probably tell, I’m a big fan. I’m trying to get everyone I know to register on Easyfundraising as it’s such a quick, easy way to raise a bit of extra cash for groups and charities.
So, this Christmas why not shop online and raise funds for a local group? That part’s easy. The hard part is deciding what to buy!
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Comment by Tanu — February 19, 2011 @ 11:05 am