Other Fundraising
Helping the PSA isn’t all about volunteering and attending events. There are other ways parents and staff can help. Here are some of them. Please do take a look as you might be surprised.
Do you ever shop online?
If you find the website you need via www.easyfundraising.org.uk a percentage of your spend will be donated to the school at no cost to you.
1,000s of shops are registered. To name a few:
| The AA |
Mothercare |
Apple (inc iTunes) |
Game |
Wilko |
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Amazon |
Toys R Us |
Not on the High Street |
Body Shop |
Groupon |
|
John Lewis |
Lakeland |
The Entertainer |
Joules |
Legoland |
|
M&S |
eBay |
National Trust |
JD Sports |
B&Q |
|
Next |
Blacks |
Boots |
PC World |
Argos |
|
Boden |
Expedia |
London Dungeons |
Matalan |
Wickes |
|
Gap |
Trainline |
Cotswold Outdoor |
Waterstones |
Moonpig |
|
uSwitch |
Booking.com |
Virgin Experience Days |
WHSmith |
Photobox |
1. Go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause
2. In the “Search for a good cause” box type “Alexandra Primary School PSA” and then click on “Support this cause”. You only have to do this once.
3. Every time you are ready to shop go back to www.easyfundraising.org.uk, search for a retailer or browse the list of retailers, click the retailer’s name and you will be directed to their normal website so you can start shopping. You could even ask grandparents to do it!
Do you shop at Amazon?
Amazon Smile
Amazon donates 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and shipping fees) of eligible purchases to the charitable organisation of your choice.
Sign up here and search for Alexandra School Parent Staff Association as the charity of your choice.
Android and iPhone phone users can add the Smile account to their Amazon app. Go to settings/AmazonSmile to turn it on. You will the automatically be donating for every eligible purchase bought from the app.
Tax free financial contribution
Have you considered payroll giving? The PSA is a registered charity so if your employer has set up a payroll giving scheme you can ask them to pay a specified amount of your monthly salary to the PSA. The money is deducted before tax is calculated.
Matched Funding
Getting matched funding is easy. The PSA is a charity so all you need to do is get involved in a PSA event - sell cakes at a cake sale, sell uniform at a uniform sale, man a stall at one of the fairs, help organise an event or be a parent helper at an event. The school office can give you a letter for your employer confirming the amount raised and a few weeks later the PSA receives a cheque for an equal amount (subject to any limits the relevant organisation may impose - usually up to £500).