New ways to raise money for CRY

We are always on the lookout for good fundraising ideas and initiatives, and a number of schemes are currently in place as novel ways to raise money for CRY - eBay for Charity; Waitrose's Community Matters scheme; the easyfundraising.org.uk online shopping scheme; easysearch and everyclick.com charity internet search engines; Ploink! online piggy bank donations; the Giveacar charity car scrappage scheme; "Stamps N All" specialist charity recycling; and the Cartridges4Charity recycling scheme.

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.

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

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.

And for Christmas Everyclick have launched its Give as you live scheme at www.giveasyoulive.com/christmas

Cartridges4Charity

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:

1. Cardiac Risk in the Young

2. 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.

3. 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



Ploink! online piggy bank donations

Create your own online piggy bank. You can put in as little or as much as you like - just like dropping your spare change into a collecting tin.

Once a piggy bank has at least 99p in it you are able to donate the money to CRY. You can do this using a credit or debit card via a secure payment page.  Every penny makes a difference - start Ploinking now!

For more details see http://www.ploink.co.uk/

Giveacar charity car scrappage scheme

Do you own a banger that’s merely gathering dust in the garage?  Then you can do your bit for charity!  Giveacar is a UK based fundraising organisation that specialises in donating unwanted and scrap cars to charitable causes throughout the world, including CRY.

They provide a FREE service which is available throughout the UK, and can work with you hand-in-hand by arranging the collection of the vehicle; and - depending on its age and condition - they can either send it for environmentally safe disposal and recycling at an Authorised Treatment Facility, or to a salvage auction.  This means that a large portion of the proceeds are donated to a nominated charity of the vehicle owner’s choice!
 

Since Giveacar was set up in 2010, the organisation has already raised over £350,000 for over 250 charities!

To arrange collection of a car, visit Giveacar.co.uk or call 020 0011 1664, quoting CRY as your preferred charity.

"Stamps N All" specialist recycling for charity

"Stamps N All" is a specialist recycling company that passes on the proceeds from recycling donated items to the charities nominated by the people donating the recyclable items.  That is, as a CRY supporter, you can send specific recyclable items (listed below) to "Stamps N All" and CRY will get the proceeds from the recycling of your specific donation.  "Stamps N All" accept the following:
 

If you have a large amount of items to donate, call "Stamps N All" on 0845 257 0813 (Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm) to discuss whether it might be possible for your items to be collected.

"Stamps N All" currently pay the following prices for items collected:

NOTES:

* When checking coins, any found to be made from precious metals are paid at a higher rate, depending on bullion price on date received.

** Charities do not need to sort any of the items above, this is strongly discouraged as the time can be better spent on other more productive Charity business. The prices quoted are for lots that come in pre-sorted.

*** Mobile Phones damaged and chargers. No payment made but these do not go to landfill.

More information about charity fundraising via "Stamps N All" can be found on the "Stamps N All" website.

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