It’s a given that online shopping is fast and convenient but did you know that it also offers you a way to donate to charity for free? We promise it’s super-simple and we’ve pulled together a guide of our top ways to give for free to help you get started:
High street retailers
Easy Fundraising and Give as you Live enable you to shop from over 3,000 retailers and donate to us at the same time. It’s like an online shopping mall!
Both sites work in pretty much the same way (the participating retailers differ slightly) so really, it’s down to personal choice as to which one works best for you. Here’s how:
- Create an account at easyfundraising.org.uk or www.giveasyoulive.com
- Select Dogs for Good as your chosen charity
- Browse, buy and the retailers donate!
eBay for Charity
We’ve all had presents that weren’t quite what you wanted and it’s difficult to know what to do with them. Well, eBay may be your answer. The great news is that you can list on eBay for Charity, a programme that allows you to sell items on eBay to benefit charities, including Dogs for Good.
All you need to get started is an eBay account and register a PayPal Giving account. You can decide to give between 10% and 100% of your sale to your chosen charity and while there is a listings fee, in order to support your generosity eBay gives you a pro-rated fee credit to your account. You can even gift-aid your donation, allowing Dogs for Good to get an extra 25p for every £1 you donate.
To find out how it all works, simply visit eBay’s selling for charity webpages.
Pets at Home VIP
Last, but by no means least in our donate for free guide is our corporate partner Pets at Home which offers something slightly different but equally as simple to sign up to.
When you sign up to the Pets at Home VIP club, every time you buy something in-store or online for your pets you can earn points for us. Pets at Home then automatically convert all our points into vouchers that they send to us, which we can use to buy everything from harnesses to toys for our lovely dogs.
So, nominate Dogs for Good as your chosen charity while you’re shopping and for every penny you spend you’ll give to charity for free, helping us continue to train more dogs to make life-changing differences to those that need them. Happy shopping!