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eBay
for Charity
If you sell items on eBay, it is now possible
to donate a percentage of the sale value to CRY. This scheme was
re-launched in May 2008 to make it even easier for sellers to donate to
charity.
Changes for eBay sellers as of May 2008:
MissionFish UK seller agreements are being
terminated and replaced by new and simplified eBay for Charity Seller Terms
and Conditions.
These new terms and conditions reflect a
fundamental change to the programme: all sellers will be able to make and
manage their donations from within their My eBay accounts, rather than
through a separate account with MissionFish.
As a result, eBay sellers who donate
through eBay for Charity will:
1.
Benefit from a lower minimum donation of £1, rather than the existing £2.
2.
No
longer have to register with MissionFish before donating to a charity
3.
Be
able to make donations using the default payment method they have on file
with eBay, e.g. PayPal or Direct Debit
4.
Be
able to request refunds directly through the Unpaid Item process, rather
than through MissionFish
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 more about how to support CRY via eBay for Charity at
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/charity/index.html
Waitrose - Community
Matters
Supermarket
chain
Waitrose has announced
that charity funding is being made available through a new initiative called
Community Matters. Through this scheme £1,000 a month will be given to each
Waitrose store to distribute amongst three local charities or community
projects - as chosen by Waitrose customers and employees.
As
part of the scheme, each customer will be given a token at the checkout
which they can place into a box representing their preferred good cause.
The amount of money each charity receives will be in direct proportion to
the number of tokens allocated by customers (e.g. £500 if a charity gets
exactly half of all the tokens). Each month, Waitrose staff vote on which
three charity applications will be supported.
To be considered for a donation, good causes and
charities are asked to get in touch with their local Waitrose branch.
If there is a branch of Waitrose near you, please suggest CRY as one of the
charities to benefit from this scheme!
Click here for more information about
this scheme
 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 by using the 'gift tag' link below then 20% of the value of your order will
go to CRY.
 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
For full instructions please visit
www.cartridges4charity.co.uk
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!!
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