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The easyfundraising Impact Fund is now open with 20 unrestricted grants of £500 for UK not-for-profit organisations, including churches to help them continue or enhance their work. These grants are unrestricted, so your church can use the funds wherever it’s needed most, eg core costs, equipment, resources, activities, or just running costs. The application form is straightforward and quick to complete and the fund is open to churches of all sizes and structures.
Fund open: 23 February –5 April
Apply here:https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/impact-fund/
About easyfundraising:easyfundraising helps your church raise unrestricted funding from everyday online shopping. When people choose you on easyfundraising and shop with 8,000+ retailers, the retailer donates to your church at no extra cost — and you receive the total raised every three months. Find out more: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/diocese-of-chichester
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 here and scrolls along to find the M&S logo and clicks on it.
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 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.