An easy way to fundraise for Scout groups
Join over 5,000 Scout groups using easyfundraising to raise funds through their leaders, parents and volunteers online shopping.
How it works
We turn daily online shopping into free funding for your group!
It's simple - every time your leaders, volunteers and families shop online, retailers give a percentage of what they spend to your group. This gives you a free and easy way to raise free funds for anything that your group needs.
easyfundraising partners with Scouts (charity no. 306101) to help Scout Groups across the UK benefit from free donations, courtesy of over 8,000 retailers.
Amazon
Up to £10.00 donation
eBay
Up to 0.50% donation
Argos
Up to 3.00% donation
John Lewis & Partners
Up to 0.50% donation
JUST EAT
Up to 2.00% donation
Marks and Spencer
Up to 4.00% donation
Tesco Groceries
Up to £5.00 donation
Etsy
Up to 2.50% donation
Booking.com
Up to £10.00 donation
Screwfix
Up to 0.50% donation
Moonpig
Up to 5.00% donation
trainline
Up to 15.00% donation
Currys
Up to 1.00% donation
Dunelm
Up to 2.00% donation
Pets at Home
Up to 0.50% donation
How to get started
Steps to register your Scout Group
- 1
Join easyfundraising
Register your Scout Group - it only takes a few minutes
- 2
Spread the word
Use the free marketing materials provided to tell your Scouting community and show them how to sign up
- 3
Collect free donations
When your supporters join and do their normal online shopping, the retailers send your Scout Group donations at no extra cost to say 'thank you' for shopping with them
What do some of our Scout groups think?
"easyfundraising is amazing - it's so easy to use and all the donations add up really quickly. I couldn't believe how much we raised in our first few months alone. It's great getting something for nothing! We ask parents and friends to support us by promoting easyfundraising on social media and via our weekly update emails. Encouraging them to download the reminder app for their donation reminder has also been a great way of ensuring that we never miss a donation.”
Oxfordshire Scouts
"Often fundraising is very labour intensive, easyfundraising just drip feeds funds without our volunteers having to do much. We've used the funds raised to replace old camping equipment and to purchase new equipment to accommodate our growing number of young people, including tables, benches and gas boilers."
11th Burton Scout Group
"We spend the extra funds on subsidising costs of adventurous activities such as climbing, paddle boarding, and camps so that Explorers don’t have to pay as much. easyfundraising is something that every parent and leader (and their friends!) can use when they buy something online. It only takes a moment and with lots of people using it, all the pennies add up to a worthwhile sum paid every quarter in to your scout bank account."
Trident Explorers Winchester
"I always tell others it's the most easy thing to set up and manage and that you provide all the necessary links to send out to help advertise their cause and raise funds to aid the young people's journey in scouting and beyond."
3rd Southchurch Scout Group
Everything you need to know about easyfundraising
easyfundraising turns the everyday online shopping of leaders, volunteers, parents, and supporters into funds for your Scout Group. When they use the easyfundraising website or app to shop with leading brands, the brand sends your group a free donation at no additional cost.
You can see the full terms and conditions of fundraising with us here.
There are over 8,000 brands available to shop with, including eBay, Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, WowHydrate, CarWow, Currys, Compare the market broadband, Tesco groceries, Marks & Spencers, Sainsburys groceries and Jurys Inn. It means that no matter what your supporters are buying online, from travel and holidays to fashion, homewares, insurance, and groceries - they can earn free donations.
Your group's supporters can also generate donations when making their business purchases – there are over 200 business retailers like Viking, Staples, and Dell who will donate when you shop with them for tech, office supplies, business travel, and even business insurance.
Yes – you don’t need to be a charity to use easyfundraising.
To register your Scout Group with easyfundraising you will need to know:
- The name you would like your Scout Group to be known by on easyfundraising - try to make this unique so that supporters know it's you
- The postcode - to help supporters when they search for causes local to them
- A description - this should include who you are and what you are raising for
- Payment details – easyfundraising can pay your donations by cheque or straight into your group bank account so have your details ready
There are also optional fields for:
- A logo - making your group unique and giving you an identity
- Charity number - if you have one.
You can come back to these optional fields later if you don't have the information to hand when you sign up
To get your fundraising off to the best possible start easyfundraising offers a completely free 1-2-1 session with one of our friendly fundraising coaches. It won't take long, and they will show you the best way to make easyfundraising work for your group with tailored tips, tools, and a guided tour.
Providing you have raised over £15, easyfundraising total up all the donations raised by everyone supporting your Scout Group every three months and send them to you by bank transfer or cheque. There is no charge for this. If your Scout Group hasn’t raised over £15 in the previous three months, the amount simply rolls into the next payment instead.
The Scouts Association receive a 20% payment on all donations raised via easyfundraising by Scout Groups. Be rest assured that this is paid directly by easyfundraising and from their earnings, and never from anything you or your group raise. If you raise £100 through the platform, you receive every penny of that!
We partner with Scouts to help Scout Groups across the UK fundraise for free. Our partnership means Scouts will receive a small commission when groups that they refer to us raise funds. This means that as well as your Group receiving funding, Scouts will also benefit, at no detriment to you, enabling any monies they raise this way to continue to further support Scout Groups across the UK.
The site is completely free to use as it is funded directly by the retailers. They pay us a commission when a sale is made on their website from a customer who has come via easyfundraising. We pass on at least 50% of that commission. The donation amount you see on our website, app or browser extension is the amount we pay across to your Group.
We also make money from advertising retailer offers and promotions in emails and on our website. You can find out more about our business model here.