Charity Fundraising Boost for the Foresters Scout Group

Sept. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- By using easyfundraising.org.uk, supporters of the 11th Burton on Trent Scout Group, locally known as The Foresters, have raised funds to replace and repair camping equipment. The Scout group for boys and girls aged from 6 to 14, offers weekly activities, weekend camps, days out and the learning of new skills.

easyfundraising.org.uk is the UK’s largest fundraising shopping site, turning everyday shopping into donations when members shop with over 2,000 partner retailers featured on its site. The Foresters registered with easyfundraising.org.uk four years ago.

Angela Burns, Group Scout Leader, commented: “Scout camps are an integral part of the camping experience and without easyfundraising.org.uk’s input we would have struggled to maintain and replace our camping  equipment.”

easyfundraising.org.uk Managing Director Gary Thompson said: “The Foresters have worked hard to raise funds and we congratulate them for pulling together and achieving such a great success.”

easyfundraising.org.uk helps thousands of good causes including schools, sports clubs, scout groups and local causes, as well as national charities. So far, easyfundraising has raised more than £2.4 million for good causes and is on target to raise an additional £1 million in 2011.

Retailers on the site include Marks & Spencer, Boden, Argos and eBay. Consumers shop directly with each retailer and secure an average donation of 5% for their preferred charity or cause.

Good causes are also able to increase their funds by encouraging supporters to use the easysearch.org.uk search engine. By making just 10 searches a day with easysearch.org.uk instead of other search engines, supporters can raise up to £20 per year for their cause.

To support the Foresters visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-cause/ or www.forestersscouts.org

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About easyfundraising.org.uk
easyfundraising.org.uk is a free and simple online shopping facility that helps consumers to support a cause of their choice. Shoppers make purchases at their favourite online stores at no extra cost to raise vital funds for a charity, good cause or group of their choice. Each purchase made generates an average of 5% to the chosen cause.

easysearch.org.uk is a free tool that raises money for charities and causes through internet searches.  easysearch combines results from several major search engines to track down the most relevant results from across the web.

For more information visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk