Christmas is round the corner and the shopping lists are starting to grow. Before you fill your basket, there’s one small thing you can do that makes a big difference.
Sign up to EasyFundraising.
Every time you shop online, the shops donate to Finding Your Feet at no extra cost to you. Same products, same prices, same retailers, just more support for amputees across Scotland. It takes two minutes to set up and works with over 8,000 retailers including M&S, John Lewis, Tesco, Asda, Boots, Argos, eBay, Currys, Deliveroo, Etsy and more.
Your Christmas shop becomes coffee meet ups, swim clubs, counselling sessions and real connection for someone rebuilding their confidence after limb loss.
Step 1: How to set up EasyFundraising for FYF
1. Go to our EasyFundraising page: easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/findingyourfeet/ and join for free.
2. Click Sign up and support this cause
3. Create a free account with your email or social login
4. Make sure your cause is set to Finding Your Feet
That is it. You now have an EasyFundraising account linked to FYF.
Step 2: Choose how you want to shop
EasyFundraising works on Desktop browser, Mobile or tablet.
Desktop browser (laptop or computer)
Best for people who shop on a laptop or PC.
1. After signing up, click to install the EasyFundraising browser extension
2. Follow the instructions on screen to add it to your browser
3. When you visit a shop that supports EasyFundraising, a little pop up will appear asking you to activate a donation
4. Click Activate, then shop as normal. The retailer sends a donation to FYF after your purchase
Here’s a handy video to show how it works
EasyFundraising app on Apple (iPhone / iPad)
Best for people who do most shopping on their phone.
1. Download the EasyFundraising app from the App Store
2. Open the app and log in to your account
3. Search for the retailer you want to shop with and tap through from the app
4. Shop as normal. The retailer tracks your purchase and sends a donation to FYF
Here’s a handy video to show how it works
EasyFundraising app on Android
1. Download the EasyFundraising app from Google Play
2. Open the app and log in to your account
3. Search for the retailer and tap through from the app
4. Shop as normal. Donations are generated in the background at no extra cost to you
Here’s a handy video to show how it works
What your free donations support
Every time you check out, you help us:
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Run clubs and meet ups where amputees feel understood and less isolated
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Offer counselling and emotional support
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Run fitness and swim sessions that build confidence and strength
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Create community for families living with amputation or limb absence
If you are going to shop anyway, letting it do some good at the same time is a pretty decent feeling.
EasyFundraising FAQs
Easyfundraising is a platform that allows you to donate, at no extra cost to yourself, any time you shop online. The brands you shop with send a wee thanks in the form of cashback that gets turned directly into a donation to your cause of choice – Finding Your Feet Charity of course!
Your Easyfundraising free donations go directly towards supporting amputees across Scotland, which makes more of a difference than you might think! We offer a wide range of sporting initiatives and social inclusion projects designed to positively affect both physical and mental well-being to reduce isolation within the amputee community, and signing up for Easyfundraising helps us keep it up!
If you use the browser extension, it will pop up when a shop is eligible to remind you to activate the donation.
Yes. When you log in, you can see your personal total and how much has been raised for Finding Your Feet overall.
There are over 8,000 retailers. Supermarkets, clothes, travel, insurance, tech, homeware, gifts, even takeaways in some cases. When in doubt, search for the shop in the EasyFundraising app or site and see if it appears.