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Do you have a Fundraising Target or are you raising money for a particular reason?

If you are we can help!  We now have a free fundraising tool that lets you enter the details of what you are trying to achieve and then record how you are doing - just like the old fashioned baramoter used on Blue Peter and the ones that church funds have used for years.

It's really simple to setup and update and then people can see how well you are doing at any time.  In fact you can even use a picture of what you want to help motivate people to try harder!

People that select your school on eduPayment will be shown the target in minature everytime they go to the eduPayment marketplace, and if they click the target they can see the larger view as shown below.

For conveniece you can even put a link to the targetometer from your own website, just copy the link to your own site. 

How do you set up your fundraising target?

please watch this 2 minute video for more information

If you need help please contact us or see the help videos section

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Story by Gayle Rouncivell in Lancaster Guardian, 25th June 2010

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With the Festive season fast approaching, now is an excellent time to promote eduPayment to your school community as more people shop online at this time of year.

There are now around 1000 retailers listed on eduPayment, with shops from Amazon to Zooplus available.  Remember the key point about eduPayment is that it raises funds for schools, without anybody spending extra; for example, if people are going to buy from Amazon, but go to www.eduPayment.co.uk first,  your school could earn commission from their purchases.

eduPayment is a no risk, no hassle way of school fundraising and people can buy anything from computers to the train tickets, and of course the latest charity record from the X Factor or even book X factor Live concert tickets

shoppers deal directly with the retailers, there are no fees for anyone and the shoppers don't have to register; check out www.eduPayment.co.uk today for more details.

PS if you create a school admin account (it's free of course) you will be able to access more features, such as view earnings, post school notices and order leaflets for your school - just click on 'log-in' at the top of the screen to create your account.

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eduPayment can be used to help schools get best value when shopping on the internet. 

With a huge range of retailers such as Amazon, microsoft, Waterstones etc, you can buy some of your school supplies using eduPayment and earn commission for your own school at the same time. 

Even if you have special online discounts you should still be able to earn extra money for your school if you shop online, using eduPayment, so next time you order anything check if it's available on eduPayment.co.uk first - you could be £££s better off!

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The top 10 ways for schools and PTAs to Raise school funds

1. use eduPayment.co.uk, it's easy, quick and free - and you could earn 5% of your school community's online spend.
2. Recycling old clothes, again, really quick, easy and free.  You can currently earn around £35/£40 per tonne for old clothes, shoes etc.  You arrange with the Parents to drop off all their unwanted clothes and an outside company will come to your school, pick up the clothes and buy them.  But be carefull rates differ between different companies.  Check out Rag Bag and Bags 2 school (Bags to school only pay £20 /tonne if you only book one pickup at once).
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At this time of year many people will be starting to look for presents to buy. 

eduPayment now has around 900 different retailers and literally thousands of voucher codes and special offers, making it a perfect place for buying presents online.

If you promote eduPayment to your parents your school could be benefitting everytime a present is bought and your parents could be saving a packet. 

Imagine what your school could buy if 5% of the value of every present bought in the next couple of months went into your school funds!  eduPayment pays 5.9% commission to your school (on average).  

If you need a hand promoting eduPayment within your school please contact me.

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eduPayment is the easiest way to raise money for your school, without asking anybody for money.

With almost 1000 on line retailers available through eduPayment, almost everybody's favourite shop is listed, its really easy to use.  Here's how parents and other shoppers can raise money for your school.

 - visit www.eduPayment.co.uk

 - Enter the school that they wish to benefit (eduPayment will remember it for thenext time they visit).

 - Search for the shop or product they are interested in (and look for any special offers and discounts).

 - Click on the link to take them directly to the retailer's site.

 - Shop as usual directly with the retailer - safe in the knowledge that they are helping raise funds for their chosen school.

The shoppers extra click may result average commission of 5.9%, but some retailers pay 10%, 20% or even 35% commission, and with retailers such as amazon.co.uk, ebay, John Lewis, M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco and hundreds more;  shoppers can buy exactly what they need, from the retailers they choose and your school can and will earn money!

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Have you ever used voucher codes to save money when you shop online?

Well from today there is a new way of getting all the latest voucher codes to save you money and help local schools at the same time.  Today sees a major enhancement to www.eduPayment.co.uk a site aimed at raising school funds every time you shop online.  EduPayment now has a voucher code section - getting shoppers the best deals whilst also ensuring that you can raise school funds when you shop online. 

www.eduPayment.co.uk  is a purpose designed school fundraising web site, where you can access all your major retailers (along with some newer ones) and every time you shop it will help raise school funds, it’s really easy to use and you do not need to register or login.

eduPayment has 100s of retailers so you can buy anything from DVDs to washing machines and from concert tickets to MP3 downloads and now there are hundreds of offers and voucher codes to help you save money when you shop. 

EduPayment.co.uk is the only web site to make sure you always get the best voucher codes and special offers and help raise money for your chosen school at the same time.  If you shop online the best way of making the most of your money is to use www.eduPayment.co.uk and you will help schools at the same time.

All shopping is purchased directly from the retailers, but you could generate over 5% commission on your shopping for your chosen school, nursery, college or university.  Next time you shop online why not check out www.eduPayment.co.uk  - help the schools and save money for yourself?

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Every school needs to raise funds, which is of course why eduPayment was designed, and lots of schools use events such as Summer or Christmas fairs for school fundraising.

At these events there are lots of stalls:- some of which rely on parent donations (a cake stall for example); some stalls require willing victims (wet sponge stocks for example) and some stalls require the PTA to spend money in order to raise money (food stalls for example).

If you can lower your costs then you can raise more money.

For the stalls or raffles where new stock or services are required it is often possible to get local businesses to provide these items free of charge, but only if they are approached in the right way.

Local businesses are not charities therefore the request for free stock or prizes is all about putting an attractive proposition to your chosen 'benefactors'.
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eduPayment.co.uk can help raise school funds continuously.  Current research¹ indicates that around £36 billion pound is spent online in the UK each year (even in recession)  and this is increasing.  Around 28 million people in the UK spend an average of £1,312 each year on internet shopping. 

eduPayment.co.uk's marketplace is a virtual shopping centre with around 500 retailers including most leading brands, but everytime people shop, through eduPayment your school can earn commission.  This commission is 5.9% on average.

So, each of the 28 million shoppers could raise around £77 for their chosen school every year. 

They don't have to spend anymore, they don't have to use different shops, they don't even have to set up an account or register, all they need to do is go to eduPayment.co.uk to choose their required retailer.  By the way, there are no fees to use eduPayment for the school or the shoppers and all orders and payments are made directly with the retailer.
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