Online shoppers call to arms – are you aware?
Are you aware that there are schemes that enable online shoppers to give donations to charities whilst they shop? Does that sound too good to be true??
We are involved with 2 schemes:
- Give as you live - https://www.giveasyoulive.com/refer/R9UoZQAwjX5KlO3AY4T7xT-2F3plG5KA-3D-3D
- Easy Fundraising - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/step-1/?char=304755&invite=8wshv0&referral-campaign=c2s&utm_campaign=web-referral
They have signed around 4,500 & 8,000 online selling companies, up to providing charitable donations (either fixed sum or a % ranging from 0.5% to as much as 15%!!) for any online purchases completed through their links. They have signed up all the supermarket chains, Retailers such as John Lewis, the insurance market – including the comparison websites- and all the big companies that you know well. In return the organisations undertake to generate material to try to encourage members of large organisations like us, with almost 1,000 members, to consider the process.
In the last year, with only 3 members signed up we have generated £120 of donations and I would like to encourage more members to sign up. In total the 2 schemes have generated around £80m in donations to good causes. Does it sound too good to be true? Your information will probably be used, but I have not noticed any more issues than buying direct to the retailers and this way donations are received by charities.
Further there are incentives of £5 per member who signs up using the link above beside the schemes and goes on to generate £5 worth of donations.
If you sign up and nominate the Guild (charity number 258271) we can start to benefit right away. Give as you live permits splitting your donations so if you want to share them to up to 5 charities they will do that. I would hope that you will not want to spread it too thin.