If you are someone who buys online, whether a lot or only occasionally, there is a lovely, simple way of getting a little extra money to Heath Street Baptist Church, without costing you anything. It doesn’t even take much time. Easyfundraising channels a small extra sum, usually a percentage of what you spend, from the retailer when you pay for an order, into an account for the Church. We only have a few people signed up at the moment, but even so we have received almost £150 from the scheme.
The advert above from Easyfundraising emphasises grocery shopping, with Tesco, Morrisons, ASDA, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Ocado among the shops included. It would be marvellous to have some supporters who are regular online food buyers! But any purchases can qualify, and a lot of household name retailers are in the scheme (7000 in all).
Registration is easy and there’s no cost to you anywhere in the process. Log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk and sign up by saying you want to support a cause; type in Heath Street Baptist Church and our little logo will come up. Click that, add your name and a password and that’s about it. If you agree to having a donation reminder, the easyfundraising logo will pop up when you go into a retailer’s website to remind you to ask for the donation.
You can opt to be anonymous if you want, but it would be nice to know who is supporting us this way – I get a list every month or so telling me how many supporters we have and what each one has earned for us and it is a shame to have too many “anons”. It seems to be a painless way of getting us a little extra towards our horrible gas and electricity bills, or to pay for the coffee and tea after a Sunday service.
Please sign up!
With love and best wishes,
Gaynor Humphreys