Fundraising


Often, school suppliers pay


commission for the sale of products such as school uniforms, photos, yearbooks, bags and one-off promotions. See the suppliers’ directory at funded.org.uk to identify possible options.


Further streams ■ Set up a regular-giving scheme. Read our article in the spring issue


of FundEd or on funded.org.uk. ■ Register to receive donations on eBay for Charity (charity.ebay.co. uk) and Amazon Smile (smile.


amazon.co.uk). ■ Promote the price comparison website SwitchAid (switchaid.org) Every time one of your supporters switches energy or telecoms suppliers, they raise money for


your cause. ■ Search engines such as Easysearch (easysearch.org.uk) pay 0.05p every time your supporters search the internet, which can really add


up over the year. ■ Set up a school lottery or 100 club. Check out Your School


Lottery (yourschoollottery.co.uk/) ■ Encourage supporters to nominate


you for supermarket token schemes. ■ Consider Payroll Giving, where employees donate to you from their wages in a tax effi cient way.


(gov.uk/payroll-giving) ■ Register your charity to claim Gift Aid on eligible donations (gov.uk/claim-gift-aid-online)


HOW WE GENERATE EXTRA FUNDS


Amanda Burgess, community liaison and income generating manager at Priory School, Lewes, details her school’s passive income activity


Shopping EASYFUNDRAISING: We raise £150 to £200 a year through this shopping affiliate site and find it user-friendly and helpful. There are people to support you and lots of tools to keep prompting your audience, plus ready-made messages you can post to thank contributors. We’ve incorporated this promotional work into our social media activity. easyfundraising.org.uk


AMAZON SMILE: We are looking into this scheme as a parent suggested it. You receive 0.5% of any purchase made by your supporters. It’s only a small percentage but every little helps…


STIKINS: Sells iron-on name labels for school clothes, on which you can earn commission. It’s easy to set up: just display and promote your code for parents to use when they order labels. We promoted this to our new Year 7s without much success and it may be more suited to primary schools. However, I plan to put more information out this year, maybe in the new student packs. There is a real need as we get lots of unlabelled lost property! stikins.co.uk


Recycling EMPTIES PLEASE: Provides envelopes for you to recycle printer cartridges. Our problem is that people have given us lots of compatibles that aren’t accepted, so be clear which brand you want! emptiesplease.com


RECYCLE4CHARITY: Also recycles printer cartridges and a few mobiles. Check carefully which brands are accepted. recycle4charity.co.uk


RAG BAG: A textile recycling scheme that provides a


promotion pack and bags to go home. Be clear about which items are acceptable and book a collection date. Rag Bag pays £400 per tonne, and if you book twice a year it’s an easy way to raise cash. Liaise with your caretakers to identify where clothing can be stored. You also need someone to look after the clothing coming in and sort it into bigger bags. Bags are weighed on collection and payment (usually around £60 for us) is sent within six weeks. rag-bag.co.uk


RECYCLE WITH MICHAEL: Funds raised from collected textiles are split 50/50 between your school and the Salvation Army. It’s a win-win, as your recycling efforts are supporting another charity and helping the environment. Lesson plans and assembly presentations are available, as well as promotion fliers and posters. Bags are not supplied. I often book my collection slot before I promote the collection as they get very busy. The last thing you need is clothes piling up in the school hall! We usually raise around £60 per collection. It’s worth doing around spring cleaning time and in the autumn term. recyclewithmichael.co.uk


MAZUMA MOBILE: Takes unwanted mobiles, with sim cards removed and pays according to make and model. mazumamobile.com


Local affiliates We had a link with a local restaurant that gave us a percentage of their lunch service if our school choir went along to sing carols just before Christmas. This often raised about £200. I’m also aware of schools who have an item on the menu in a local restaurant that brings in a small donation each time it is ordered.


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