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Ways to support our community 

You can support lots of local schools and Charities for free, 

TheGivingMachine: A social enterprise that taps into the hidden world of online sales referrals allows us to give to charity without opening our wallets  http://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2013/aug/02/technology-making-donating-free


Support local schools and charities  by shopping online  using the giving machine or easy fund raising web sites.  Just shop online using either of these  web sites and the schools  or charities get a few % of the purchase price for free, it does not cost you anything extra as simple as that,  Small amounts add up, and the more people who use these web sites the more local schools and charities benefit. Some local schools are raising hundreds of pounds per year. 

You can now also raise free donation when shopping at high street shops by pre registering you credit or debit cards
Easy fundraising does the rest see  http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/raise-more/in-store-donations/


Easy Fundraising 

The Following are on  Easy Fundraising http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/

Aldryngton Primary School - Reading http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/aldryngtonpta

Alfred Sutton Primary School http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/alfredsutton/

Babies in Buscot Ward at Royal Berkshire Hospital   
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/babiesinbuscot/

23rd Reading Brownies
 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/readingbrownies

58th Reading Scout Group http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/58threadingscouts

Caversham Primary School Association - Reading http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cpsa

Crescent under fives playgroup  http://www.crescentunder5s.co.uk/

Churches in Reading Women's Centre http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cirwc

CommuniCare Trust (Reading) http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/communicaretrustreading

Kendrick School, Reading http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kendrickschoolreading

Samaritans of Reading http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/samaritansreading

Reading Association For The Blind http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/raftb

Reading bach Choir http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/rbc

Reading Mencap http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/readingmencap

Reading Girls School http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/readinggirls

Reading School, Reading http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/readingschoolreading

Reading Ukrainian Community Centre Refurbishment http://Reading Ukrainian Community Centre Refurbishment

Reading YMCA http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/readingymca


Give as you live
Support Kendrick school when shopping online here
https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/kendrick

Support Progess Threatre when you shop online at  http://www.giveasyoulive.com/  Search for Progress Threatre using their  charity number  205440.

TheGivingmachine 
The giving machine information pack  http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/downloads/TGM_Download_Pack.pdf
The following and hundred more companies give a donation  when shopping online here are a few 

Amazon 3.75%  
John Lewis 1.5% 
Ebay 22.5% of ebay fees 
Screwfix 2.25%
Virgin Atlantic 0.75% 
theofficesuppliessupermarket.com are now on TheGivingMachine offering a 6.75% donation. 21,000 items in stock!

Download an information pack here and raise money for your charity or School http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/downloads/TGM_Download_Pack.pdf

Download the  'Give as You Shop' Reminder Toolbar and you will never forget to use the Giving machine when you shop online 
http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/toolbar-download.php 

The following are on  TheGivingmachine   http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/

ABC to Read  http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary.php?ben_id=58149Can help via Text READ21 £10 to 70070 to donate to Assisting Berkshire Children to read and make a difference today via http://www.justgiving.com/ )

Parenting Special children http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary.php?ben_id=58457#.VHc8fjGsV8G
Parenting Special Children, Berkshire UK empowering families of children /young people with special needs.

Addington School
 http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary.php?ben_id=26189

Redlands primary School http://www.redlandsschool.co.uk/Friends+of+Redlands/The+Giving+Machine

Reading School  http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary.php?ben_id=61107

Sainsbury's Card
Sainsbury's  Card 4% donation to school or charity Sainsbury’s have a card  which donates 4% to a school or charity ( the card has to be reloaded with money before using it)

https://www.raisewithsainsburys.com/ 


Have a Sainsbury's Card  for Christian community action 

https://www.raisewithsainsburys.com/?cid=563905

The RocSearch Reading Santa Run' by 'Rotary Club of Reading Benevolent Fund'on @justgiving http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/readingrotaryclub/santarun?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=campaignpage&utm_content=The%20RocSearch%20Reading%20Santa%20Run&utm_campaign=campaign-share-twitter …


 . PTA+ Support all PTA's and friends
The ultimate directory for fundraising suppliers and resources for school, (plus these ideas can be used for other fundraising organizations too of course)  see  https://admin.ptaplus.co.uk/public/supplier-directory.action

Spend and Raise 

The following are on Spend and Raise  http://www.spendandraise.com/


Bulmershe School

http://www.spendandraise.com/BulmersheCommunityAssociation/

Other ways to shop and raise money for Bulmershe School http://www.bulmershecommunityassociation.org.uk/fundraising.html

Selling online at ebay ? why not help raise money for progress theatre by selling via http://www.ebay.co.uk/egw/ebay-for-charity/charity-profile/Progress-Theatre/83035 …

Raise money for your charity on ebay.  here http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/charities.html


Ploink Give change to charity http://www.ploink.co.uk/
Ploinking is easy! Start by finding a charity and click 'support' on their profile page. Go to your home page and you'll see the charity piggy bank will have appeared! Now you're ready to ploink!

Ploink to ABC to Read http://www.ploink.co.uk/charity/abc-to-read

Virgin money Giving 

Royal Berkshire Hospital  Charity 

The Royal Berks Charity helps provide the extras that make a difference to patients, their visitors and our staff. Donations help:Provide better facilities for patients and visitors. Buy the most up to date equipment. Improve staff training and welfare. Support rebuilding and refurbishment projects. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1004381

Also you can donate your spare foreign money to Royal Berkshire hospital  get take you money to the hospital and drop in the collection box at the main entrance http://www.cash4coins.co.uk/royal-berkshire-hospital-charity/


Support Ridgeline gardens by making a donation  http://www.ridgelinetrust.org.uk/community-gardening.html  at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/donate/makeDonationForCharityDisplay.action?charityId=1004300&frequency

Help These local charities on Localgiving.com 

by making a direct donation 

Newtown Information and Support Service
(formerly Rupert Square Information Shop) http://localgiving.com/charity/newtowninfoandsupport

Hexham Community Association
Hexham Community Centre, 1a Bamburgh Close, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7UD
http://localgiving.com/charity/hexhamca

Parenting special children in Berkshire http://localgiving.com/charity/psc


A list of local Bershire charities which you could help on the local giving web site
https://localgiving.com/findacharity/cregion.south%20east/county.berkshire


Purchase an itlem on Hexham community asociations amazon wish list remember to use the givingmachine or easyfunding web sites to purchase on amazon first http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&id=3OTX618SB9C3K&

Reading Mencap
Reading Mencap Community Choir is for people with learning disabilities and their carers; adults, children, siblings, and family. The choir is sponsored by Thames Valley Housing Association and is a new inclusive choir for everyone to enjoy together. http://localgiving.com/charity/readingmencap/project/sat-16th-march---reading-mencap-community-choir



Reading Family Aid 
We help children living with poverty and other disadvantages. They may be young carers, for example; or living in a family affected by drug taking, physical abuse, chronic illness or disability; or they may have a disability or illness themselves. We distribute toys at Christmas to children aged 0-16 (Reading Chronicle "Toys & Teens Appeal"). We also provide a visit to the Hexagon panto, and outings throughout the year for children and their families who couldn't afford to go otherwise. http://localgiving.com/charity/readingfamilyaid


Indian Community Association 
The Indian Community Centre, 2 Norris Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1NJ  http://localgiving.com/charity/ica

RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre)
35-39 London Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4PS http://localgiving.com/charity/risc

Parenting Special Children in BerkshireOur aim is for families who have children and young people with special needs to be able to access relevant parenting support in their local area and for parents to know where to find ongoing support from local authorties, health professionals and local and national organisations.

http://www.parentingspecialchildren.co.uk/index.php?page_id=337


Giving to Reading 
@GivingToReading   - Our donors are funding projects and students across Reading university campus. 
Giving to Reading makes an immediate impact on the lives of the current and future generations of Reading students. 

https://alumni.reading.ac.uk/supporting-reading/givingtoreading  Donate here http://alumni.reading.ac.uk/donate

For other local charities 

On the localgiving.com web site find a list here http://localgiving.com/findacharity/location.rg1%201ly/radius.2/page.1/sortby.dist/sortorder.asc

Christian Community Action 
Donate or purchase Furniture at the shop on Silver Street, they will collect / deliver. http://www.ccam.org.uk/
You can also make direct donations to their work   http://www.ccam.org.uk/home/support-us



Transition Reading
Like more fruit trees in Reading why not donate some money and get fruit back in return for years to come! http://localgiving.com/charity/transitionreading …

We Will Gather 
Got an Event you would like volunteers for why not use http://www.wewillgather.co.uk/ 
How it works #wewillgather lets you start an action in your community, and find people to help complete that. It’s powered by Twitter. 
It’s open, easy to adopt and 100% compatible with good people.  For #wewillgather to work, you need a good thing that needs to be done, a place for people to meet up, and a date and time.  



Ways for Schools to raise funds


Collect clothes 
A number of companies will pay approx 50 p per kg for collected clothes , a collection once a term could raise £150 per term. You can even have a permanent collection bin if you have space.


Happy School Bags  http://www.happyschoolbag.co.uk/
If you have space get a permanent collect bank http://www.happyschoolbag.co.uk/text_banks.html why not ask the local council for a site at a local recycling centre / or other public / private land?  
Bag 2 School   http://www.bag2school.com/u/k/home/
Phil the bag http://www.philthebag.co.uk/
By Buying books 

Purchase your books via a these book shops and enter your schools name or code and they either get books for money for your school.

Scholastic Ltd
Schools receive up to 20% of the value of book orders placed with scholastic. Just quote your schools name when ordering online  http://www.scholastic.co.uk/  By using the schools postcode.  Scholastic Rewards There's now no minimum order value so every time you place an order you'll receive 20% of your order value back in Scholastic Rewards, You'll also receive the same Rewards when parents buy directly from us.Post code of local schools are:-
Alfred Sutton Primary school  RG6 1JR
George Palmer Primary school RG2 7PP
Katesgrove Primary school  RG1 2NL
New Christ Church C of E primary school RG2 0AYNewtown Primary School RG1 3LS
Redlands Primary School RG1 5QH
St John's Newtown  RG1 3JN

Schools, you can use your Scholastic Rewards to choose the books you need for your school from the Book Clubs Schools Catalogue, the online Scholastic Shop and the current leaflets. You can use them as soon as you get them or save them up for a bigger purchase – they're valid for 12 months.
How about a Scholastic book fair,  why not let your children run the fair? see 
http://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/ for more details How children can organise a a book fair http://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/28/85/planner2012-13-997217.pdf


Peekaboo Caversham online children book seller
Buy books from this reading Book seller and your school get a 15% book credit if you get them delivered free to you school http://www.peekaboocaversham.co.uk/   your school needs to be on the list  of schools 
see http://www.peekaboocaversham.co.uk/payment--delivery-3-w.asp for the school list, if your schools not on the list why not ask your school to join. 

World of books  http://www.worldofbooks.com/

Usborne Children book
Start a Usborne Children book selling group at your school http://www.usborne.com/sell-usborne-books/usborne-books-at-home.aspx

Yellow Moon 
Crafts party bag items toys game and gifts,
Up to 20% cash back for your school http://www.yellowmoon.org.uk/
Help raise funds for South Lake Toddlers quote  Source code SSC01311

Collect spare foreign money http://www.cash4coins.co.uk/schools-clubs/

Recycle bank
Rewards for yourself and The planet  https://www.recyclebank.com/  Green schools Programme run by Recyclebank  The scheme allows schools to get points from household recycling, which can be converted to money for a school scheme  https://www.recyclebank.com/about-us/green-schools available in selected areas 

Recycle It  - Recycling Ink jet Cartridges and laser cartridgesRegister with Recycle It and we’ll send you everything you need to get started and earn extra money. It won’t take up any of your valuable time – simply put your collection box where it can’t be missed and that’s it. Just call us when it’s full and we’ll come to empty it for you.
http://www.cartridgeworld-recycle-it.co.uk/register.php



Usefully educational sites for children 

Amberside Primary school web site
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm  

Especially Maths trees for different times tables  http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html
Number bonds (two number which add up to  another like 10)  http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html

Redlands School written methods for maths http://www.redlandsschool.co.uk/Curriculum/Written+Calculation+Book+for+Maths/


School holiday clubs / Ideas 

Leighton Park holiday club wide range of activites to keep your child occupied, why not sent them there for a few days, even if you don't need child care?    http://www.leightonpark.com/getdoc/24a5b98b-f64e-4d52-88b0-fd689c5e1c5b/HolidayActivities.aspx  

St Josephs college holiday club open for all reading children and manged by reading council
http://www.st-josephs.reading.sch.uk/prep-holidayclub/

SuperCamps

No1 School holiday Club for 4 - 16 year olds, with sites in Berkshire closest Bearwood college http://www.supercamps.co.uk/


B&Q DIY classes for children available in Reading store for more details  http://www.diy.com/kidsclasses

Your or your child could Volunteer at Reading University to help Research

























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