Donations/Matched Funding

Easy Fundraising

The Parents' Association of St. Olave's Grammar School has registered Charity status (Charity No. 312601).

Gift Aid

Gift Aid is an easy way for us to increase the value of gifts of money from UK taxpayers by claiming back the basic rate tax paid by the donor from HMRC (and thereby increasing your donation by 25%). 

Downloadable PA GIFT AID DECLARATION FORM

Matched Funding

A substantial part of fundraising profits can be acquired through Matched Funding. This scheme enables people who make donations to charitable organisations, such as schools, to ask the company they work for to donate an equivalent amount. Not all companies do, however an increasing number of large companies operate a match funding scheme whereby they “match” charity fundraising undertaken by their employees. These organisations set aside millions of pounds to fund such schemes and are more than happy to support their staff in raising money for charities of their choice. The amounts donated range from approximately £250 to £1000+ per employee per
event.
As the Parents’ Association is a registered charity (Charity no. 312601) we are in a position to benefit from your involvement, however big or small. 

This is a really effective way to optimise, or even double, funds raised for our school.  Some of the many companies involved include:

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Should you require any more information about this, do please contact us:

Easy Fundraising

Raise money for the PA whilst shopping!

With www.easyfundraising.org.uk you can do your shopping online with over 2,000 well‐known stores and each will donate up to 15% of what you spend. For example, John Lewis are currently giving up to 3%, M&S will donate up to 2%, Amazon 1.5%, The Body Shop up to 3.5%; some insurance retailers will even donate up to £30 simply for taking out a policy with them! It works in a similar way to many other loyalty shopping sites, but instead of earning points when you shop, you raise a donation for our school. 

It doesn't cost you a penny more

The great thing is it won't cost you any more, plus there are lots of voucher codes and special discounts so you can actually save money while you raise money for the PA.

How donations are generated

It's very simple ‐ once you've registered with easyfundraising.org.uk, when you shop with one of their retailers, easyfundraising.org.uk makes a note of your purchase, collects the donation from the retailer and passes it to us. That's it! No hassle for you, just shop online as you normally would.

To get started

Select:

http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stolavesgrammarschoolorpington

  1. Fill out the form to register your details
  2. Find the retailer you want to shop with
  3. Click to visit the retailer, then shop as you normally would
  4. Your donation will be shown in your easyfundraising account within 30 days
  5. Ideally, get the Donation Reminder (safe and ad free) at:

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/donation‐reminder/

Thank you for your continued support.