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Tesco and our partner easyfundraising have come together again to give a little help to our churches this May.
Your church could receive one of five £1,000 funding pots
You probably already know that easyfundraising gives your church the opportunity to raise free funds every time members of your congregation shop online. This month however, if they shop with Tesco via the easyfundraising website or app, your church is in the draw to win a £1,000 bonus!
To enter the Tesco Community Pledge draw, follow these simple steps:
- 1.Firstly, make sure you have registered your church with easyfundraising at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/diocese-of-chichester/.
easyfundraising enables your church to receive unrestricted funding from 8,500 leading online retailers including Tesco.
- 2.Then Ask anyone connected to your church to use the easyfundraising platform to shop with Tesco. Each time one of them shops online at Tesco, your church will be entered into the draw to receive a £1,000 funding boost. The more people who shop online with Tesco on your behalf, the more chances your church has of receiving this funding.
That’s not all - when your congreation shops with Tesco in May, they’ll raise £10 for your church if it’s their first-time shop, and 50p for each subsequent shop they do at no extra cost, all courtesy of Tesco!
Let everyone know how they can help – for free!
easyfundraising will help you tell your congregation about this, with free downloadable images, flyers and messaging to share across your social media channels and newsletters.
Sign up now to get started: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/diocese-of-chichester/
“What a surprise! We are delighted to have won £1,000, the Community Pledge really demonstrates how much Tesco and easyfundraising care about the local community. We are a small group and expenditure is often more than our income, this will make such a difference!” Little Baddow WI – one of last year’s winners
To date, Tesco groceries have given more than £600,000 in free funding to easyfundraising registered causes. Take advantage of their Community Pledge today, get involved here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/diocese-of-chichester/
*New customers raise £10 on their first shop over £50, existing customers raise 50p per shop over £50
How easyfundraising works
Parishioner Sarah wants to buy a birthday present for her friend. Instead of directly visiting the M&S website, Sarah first goes to easyfundraising's website and then clicks on the M&S link.
easyfundraising will redirect Sarah to the M&S website, where she can browse and make a purchase just as she normally would. The fantastic part is that since Sarah started her shopping journey at easyfundraising, her church will receive 3% of her spending directly from M&S without any additional cost to her.
The benefits:
- Completely free to register and use
- Open to churches of all shape and size – you don’t need to be a charity
- The funds you raise class as unrestricted funds so you can use your donations as you wish
- Easy and quick to sign up and get started – no paperwork
What do other churches think?
The Diocesan Digital Team visited churches across the Diocese to hear what they had to say about easyfundraising. The team recently visited St Dunstan's in the parish of Forest Row and asked the Vicar, Jamie Gater, and his team about their experience with Easyfundraising. Click on the video below to hear what they all said, or, you can download the video here
Earlier visits included: St Richard Aldwick (watch it here) St Mary Billingshurst (watch it here ) St Giles Graffham (watch it here) and Chanctonbury churches (watch it here)
PCC member Jason Pimblett from St Laurence Church in Falmer tells us here how easy easyfundraising is and encourages parishes to give it a go!
Getting started
- Click here to create your church profile on the easyfundraising site.
- Get familiar with easyfundraising. You can book a call with one of the team, who will show you around, so you are up to speed on how it works.
- Use the free marketing tools including social media copy, images, posters, and flyers in your easyfundraising account to tell your church community how easy it is for them to support you when they shop online.