Free funding for D&T in your school with easyfundraising
Published 1st April 2025
More online shopping is done in November than any other month of the year – that’s a huge funding opportunity for your school if you’re using easyfundraising. If you’re not, there’s no better time to join!
Why? Well, it’s Black Friday month and £1.2bn is expected to be spent online that day in the UK (that’s not including the weeks leading up to it and Cyber Monday which follows). If all those orders were placed via easyfundraising, a small percentage of that total would be turned into free cashback donations – £36m* worth to be exact!
Parents WILL be shopping, so make sure they’re raising!
Every parent connected with your school could raise an average of £7.50** on Black Friday alone. That’s over £200 per class! Completely free funding, courtesy of the retailers they shop with, including the likes of Argos, Tesco, Etsy and M&S. No extra time, no extra resources or planning.
- Register your school with easyfundraising at easyfundraising.org.uk/dt-association/ (if you haven’t already)
- Tell your parent community all about it ahead of Black Friday – there are lots of free resources to help you do this
- They shop online with 8,000+ retailers via the easyfundraising app or site and collect free donations - simple
Join easyfundraising: easyfundraising.org.uk/dt-association/
BIG NEWS: Free in-store donations now available too!
This November it’s not just online shopping which raises free funds. Once your school is registered and your parent community join in support, they will have an option to add a bank card to the easyfundraising app. When the bank card is used to pay at the checkout at a select number of stores, free donations are collected***.
To date, more than £17m has been raised for schools across the UK. Make sure you’re getting your share this November and beyond!
Join easyfundraising: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/dt-association/
*Based on an average 3% donation rate across all retailers
**Based on a predicted average spend of £250 per person on Black Friday 2025
***Full details of in-store donations available here.
The Design & Technology Association teams up with easyfundraising to help boost your D&T budget
Our partnership with easyfundraising is a simple way for schools to raise money for design and technology resources – all through everyday online shopping.
We know that finding funds for essential D&T tools, materials and equipment is harder than ever. But now there’s an easy, sustainable and completely free way to help. When parents, teachers and supporters shop online via easyfundraising at one of 8,000+ participating retailers, your school receives a donation – at no extra cost to them.
Retailers include trusted names like Amazon, eBay, Just Eat, Argos, Tesco, M&S, John Lewis, Etsy, Screwfix, Moonpig and many more. In 2024 alone, schools received over £1.5 million in free funding – and over £16 million has already been raised in total. With more than 10,000 schools already involved, don’t miss out on your school’s share.
How it works
It couldn’t be simpler. Imagine a parent buying a birthday gift from Argos. Instead of going straight to the website, they first visit easyfundraising, click through to Argos, and then shop as usual. That’s it. A percentage of their purchase is donated to your school.
This works with over 8,000 retailers – from supermarkets and travel companies to insurance providers – and with each purchase, your D&T department gains valuable funds to invest where you need them most.
Join today and start raising
This is your chance to support your D&T provision in a way that doesn’t involve bake sales or grant forms. Just sign up at easyfundraising.org.uk/dt-association, register your school, and start collecting free donations every time someone shops online.
Together, we can keep design and technology thriving in your school – and give your pupils the tools to invent, create and succeed.
