New ways to raise money for CRY

eBay for Charity

If you sell items on eBay, it is now possible to donate a percentage of the sale value to CRY. You will need an eBay Sellers account, and you will need to create a new MissionFish account. MissionFish are a company working with eBay to administer the eBay for Charity scheme.

When you list an item to sell, the page that asks you to set the starting price for bids on your item, also will have an option to 'donate to charity'. Click here and follow all the instructions, and you will be able to select CRY as your charity of choice.

The eBay for Charity scheme was piloted by the BBC's Children in Need appeal, and is now open to all charities that register for the scheme. You can read about eBay for Charity at http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/charity/sellerinfo.html

CTTmobile text donation service

CRY has established a mobile phone text donation service in conjunction with the Charity Technology Trust (CTT). £3 will be donated to CRY by anyone texting CRY to 84424. You can advertise this text donation service at CRY events, in e-mails to friends, on posters / flyers, etc. However, if you do, you MUST include the following information as well:

“Messages charged at standard rate. You will receive a confirmation message, charged at £3.00. CRY will receive your donation net of charges applied by mobile network operators and a processing fee. If you have any questions regarding this service, please call Kerry on 01737 363222."

Northbrook Fundraising - suppliers of gift-wrap, gift bags and accessories

Northbrook Fundraising produce a wide range of gift-wrap, gift bags, boxes, ribbons and all kinds of gift accessories. If you purchase items online from the Northbrook Fundraising website then 20% of the value of your order will go to CRY.

When making a purchase, choose CRY from a large drop-down list of charities. CRY is listed as 'CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young)'.

Flicx UK Affiliate Program - suppliers of cricket equipment and coaching aids

Flicx UK Limited are suppliers of a range of cricketing equipment and coaching aids - including nets, pitches, bowling machines, bats, balls and much more. The Flicx UK Affiliate Program allows for commission to be earned on purchases from Flicx UK.

CRY supporter Caroline Berry has been making use of the Flicx UK Affiliate Program, and has so far earned £391 in commission. Caroline has kindly decided to donate this money to CRY, and Flicx UK have generously agreed to match this amount - a total donation of £782 to CRY.

Furthermore, Flicx UK Limited have agreed that any purchases made from their website via the special Flicx UK banner (right) will also earn 10% commission for CRY.

So, if you are a member of a cricket club (or know someone who is) please click on the banner and have a browse around the Flicx UK website. You may find just the piece of equipment that you need!

e2bid online auctions

The launch of e2bid is a revolution in online buying and selling, as it is the UK’s first auction marketplace dedicated to raising money for charity and eradicating forever the hefty 'Final Value Fee' charged by other online auction sites.

What makes e2bid even more unique is that every single auction guarantees funds for selected charities, including CRY. Not only does 25% of listing fees go to charity, but also 25% all site revenue - with a goal of increasing this to 50% and beyond with your support.

Site News

There have been some small alterations to the site, with the addition of a new 'about us' page which you will find here about e2bid

It also contains information on slight changes to the fee structure. E2bid's intention was to have no Final Value Fee whatsoever, but this unfortunately could be abused by sellers starting items from 40p and still bidding up to large selling prices.E2bid have therefore introduced a final value fee for all items selling above £250 of 1%.

Amount to Charity

There has been some difficulty in the actual wording of this, as e2bid just do not know what the revenue of the site will be. E2bid will give all profits to its elected charities - to clarify this, all monies received, minus e2bid's running costs, will be split equally between its charities.

E2bid can confirm that that for the open period 26^th March 2007 to 30^th April 2007, 50% of all site revenue will be split equally amongst all elected charities onboard by 26^TH March 2007. In addition, for this period only, e2bid are giving an extra incentive of 25p for every new registered user who lodges at least one item for sale in the period. Individual charities have the option of asking their supporters to add the first 2 letters of there charity to their user names. This will ensure that that charity gains the whole 25p and is an added incentive to spread the world within your own communities. All sellers who do not do this will have their 25p spilt equally between all charities.

Co-Founder of e2bid, James King, says, “We are starting a revolution which can only go from strength to strength. Not only does it end the burden of ridiculously high final value fees currently paid by sellers, but each and every auction will benefit some great causes. We are driven by an urge to divert some of the huge profits currently made by large organisations back into the pockets of the sellers, and most importantly those good causes which really deserve support and currently receive nothing or very little from online selling.”

e2bid is a CIC (Community Interest Company), and is overseen by the CIC regulator. For more info see www.e2bid.biz

easyfundraising.org.uk - online shopping

If you do any shopping online, you can now raise money for CRY at no extra cost to yourself. Over 300 online retailers have signed up to the easyfundraising.org.uk scheme, including all the big names in retail - Amazon, Boots, BT, Currys, HMV, WHSmith and hundreds more.

To use this scheme to raise money for CRY, simply visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk and create a free account. When you create an account, select CRY as the charity you wish to support. CRY is listed as 'Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)' in the A to Z of good causes that can be supported.

Then, the next time you are shopping online, instead of going directly to the website where you will be purchasing items (e.g. amazon.co.uk), go to the easyfundraising.org.uk website and log-in to your account. Then simply find the website you wish to purchase items from in the A to Z list on the easyfundraising.org.uk website, and click on the link to visit your intended website.

You can read full details on how this works at www.easyfundraising.org.uk

easysearch.org.uk internet search engine

You can raise money for CRY just by searching the web! Use easysearch every time you search the web and they will give 50% of the fees paid by their advertising sponsors to your chosen cause.

Simply go to www.easysearch.org.uk and type 'CRY' into the 'Who would you like to raise funds for?' box. Then check the circle next to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Now just type your search query in the search box as usual.

If you can't find what you want with easysearch, then why not try.......................

Everyclick.com internet search engine

CRY is also registered with www.everyclick.com - an internet search engine that donates half its revenues to charity.

If you wish to search the internet for something, go to www.everyclick.com/uk/cardiacriskintheyoungcry (instead of Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc) and use this page to search the web.

It does not cost us, or you, a penny so please use it to support CRY.

Cartridges4Charity

Donate to charity by re-cycling your printer ink cartridges. Simply send them to cartridges4charity.co.uk and you will be helping CRY as well as the environment.

All funds raised will be evenly split between three charities:

Cardiac Risk in the Young
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland (CBCS) - network of volunteer counsellors across the United Kingdom dealing with those who have lost loved ones and are having trouble dealing with the emotion and stress that accompanies such situations.
SeeAbility - working with adults who are blind or partially sighted and have a range of additional disabilities

If you have a small number of inkjet cartridges (less than 6) to donate, these can be sent to the freepost address:

Cartridges4Charity.co.uk

Inkjet Recycling REF:90056
FREEPOST NATN 527
Crieff
PH7 4BR

Please label your package "Recycled cartridges for CRY"

For larger numbers of cartridges contact cartridges4charity.co.uk (details on their website). Cartridges4Charity also recycle Laser Toner cartridges and mobile phones.

For more information on the types of cartridges that can be recycled and further information on the charities benefiting from this scheme go to the website: http://www.cartridges4charity.co.uk

Please do not send Epson inkjet cartridges and Canon BCI cartridges

Our Price memorabilia

Our Price records are offering a new service to anyone holding a charity event that incorporates a raffle or auction. Our Price has a catalogue of varied memorabilia items that can be acquired for such events. The pieces include music memorabilia, film memorabilia, sporting memorabilia - and more.

In return for supplying up to four items for an event, Our Price will keep 50% of the final sale value / raffle proceeds from each item, with the other 50% going to the charity the event is in aid of. To see the items available, visit the Our Price memorabilia catalogue at www.ourpriceplc.com.

If you would like to find out more about how this scheme works, please call Kerry in the CRY office on 01737 363222.

PLEASE NOTE: items from Our Price may not be requested in order to sell them on eBay!!