Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for BASICS Essex with easyfundraising? There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds. All you need to do is: 1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/basicsessex/ and join for free. 2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping. 3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to BASICS Essex at no extra cost to you whatsoever! There are no catches or hidden charges and BASICS Essex will be truly grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support.

As a small emegency medical charity, your donation will enable us to respond to more critical incidents across Essex, providing enhanced pre-hospital care to patients and help save lives across Essex. We do not receive any statutory funding and therefore rely solely upon grants and donations. Donate Thank you for considering donating to BASICS Essex. Below are various ways you can donate, take part in our weekly charity lottery, and generate FREE donations through shopping cashback. ONLINE DONATION Donate to us through JustGiving to directly fund our lifesaving work. TEXT MESSAGE (SMS) To donate £5 , text ESSEX to 70085 To donate a sum of your choice, text ESSEX followed by the amount (no £ sign). Example: Essex 15 You will have the option to Gift Aid your donation via a reply text link. Weekly Lottery Join our weekly charity lottery to help us raise funds, while also being in the chance to win some great prizes! Win prizes of up to £25,000 Christmas Mega Bundle prize Guaranteed BASICS Essex winners 50% of all tickets sold go to us Tickets cost just £1 per week Get your tickets Gift vouchers Lottery powered by OneLottery. T&Cs apply. See website for details. WRITE A CHEQUE If you'd like to donate by cheque, please make it payable to BASICS Essex Post it to: BASICS Essex, Moulsham Mill, Parkway, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7PX Free donations through easyfundraising You can raise FREE funds for us when you shop through easyfundraising. There are 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds. More info FUNDRAISING EVENTS Check our Events page for more ideas on how to fundraise for us

News Jul 16 National Lottery Funding We are delighted to share that we have received National Lottery funding from The National Lottery Community Fund as a contribution... 4 Mar 7 easyfundraising Thank you to everyone for raising donations for BASICS Essex with easyfundraising! If you haven't signed up yet, it's easy and completely... 12 Mar 7 Loughton Town Council Thank you to the members of Loughton Town Council for your continued support. Your funding will help us to grow BASICS Essex Charity and... 8 Mar 7 Essex Community Foundation A huge ‘Thank You’ to Essex Community Foundation for its continued support of BASICS Essex. We would like to express our sincere... 10 Mar 7 HELP Appeal Fund Thank you to the British Association for Immediate care, facilitated by The County Air Ambulance HELP Appeal for your further support of... 4 Feb 16 Harlow Health Centres Trust Thank you for your continued support of BASICS Essex. Your funding will help us to grow the charity and support our new model of... 13 Feb 12 Fowler Smith and Jones Trust Thank you for your continued support of BASICS Essex. Your funding will help us to grow our charity and to be of even greater voluntary... 8 Feb 8 The Tudwick Foundation We'd like to thank The Tudwick Foundation for your continued support of BASICS Essex. Your funding will help us to be of even greater... 10 Mar 22, 2023 BASICS Essex receives generous donation from Asda Foundation We are delighted to announce that we have received a £400 donation from the Asda Foundation as part of their Green Token Giving... 76 Feb 7, 2023 We're recruiting! For more information, please see https://www.basicsessex.org.uk/recruitment 306