As a charity, we often rely on the generosity and kindness of public donations to enable us to continue providing support to the voluntary sector and local communities.
We have a number of ways that you can support our work, just simply click on the headers below to find out more. We really do appreciate your support.
Donate online Your donations really do make the difference and allow us to carry on our work. Whether you choose to set up a monthly donation or a one off-gift, donating to ERVAS you can do this online, please do just select the project you would like to support or select ERVAS to allow us to choose. You can make a donation via PayPal here. Join the ERVAS lottery To find out more about the ERVAS Lottery, please use the website below or visit the page here. We are extremely thankful to Experience Days for their initial support with donating a prize to the scheme, and we would really encourage you to visit their website, more information about them can be found here: experiencedays.co.uk/charity-scheme. Free donations when you shop online - Support us via easyfundraising? Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd 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/ervas/?utm_campaign=raise-more 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 East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd at no extra cost to you whatsoever! There are no catches or hidden charges and East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd will be really grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support. Recycle Your Ink Cartridges and Help Support ERVAS Did you know that you can help us raise funds simply by recycling your ink cartridges via our Recycle4Charity programme? For each ink cartridge recycled via the programme we will receive up to £2 donation. To send your cartridges or start collecting for us click here – http://www.recycle4charity.co.uk/Register/C81468. Recycle your used ink cartridges and help us raise money!Visit Recycle4Charity.co.uk » Recycling for Good Causes - Donate via post You can donate all your broken and unwanted jewellery to raise money for East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd. If you have any gold, silver, odd earrings, broken chains, costume jewellery and watches, you can recycle them at no cost to you whilst making money for East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd. We can recycle: Our partners at Recycling for Good Causes will reuse and recycle the jewellery and Banknotes, giving the proceeds to East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd, saving precious raw materials at the same time. If you would like to send your jewellery and banknote recycling to us, simply use your own envelope or jiffy bag (No bigger than A5 in size) and post free of charge by printing out the freepost label below and attaching to your envelope. *Please do not send coins or stamps to the freepost address as the postage costs will far outweigh your donation. * If you would like to send us any of the above items, please download the free post label here. If you have more items than will fit into an A5 sized envelope for East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd Then please call 0800 633 5323 or email customerservices@recyclingforgoodcauses.org to find out more information on our polybag / sack recycling projects where you can recycle larger items. Recycling for Good Causes - Donate your Stamps You can now donate your used stamps to raise much needed funds for East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd. All kinds of stamps are welcome, on or off paper. Simply cut or carefully rip the postage stamp from the used envelope, being careful that you don’t damage the stamp, and once you have a collection pop them in an envelope making sure you have the correct postage to: East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) Ltd PO Box 16992 Sutton Coldfield B73 9YA (*postage needs to be applied*) Recycling for Good Causes will arrange collections for larger quantities of stamps weighing over 10kgs. This equates to about two buckets full of stamps. For further information: @ info@recyclingforgoodcauses.org T: 0800 633 5323 Pringles® Tube Recycling Programme You can Recycle your Pringles® tubes at our Bridlington Community Hub, 2a Marshall Ave, Bridlington YO15 2DS. You will help us to earn TerraCycle points by recycling with us! This is then converted into a donation that supports more ERVAS projects. What happens after collections? The empty tubes will be taken to a specialist recycling mill in West Yorkshire. Here, the tubes are fully recycled with the fibres from the recycled cartons turned into industrial tubes and cores, which are used to wrap paper, man-made fibre yarns, and metal and plastic film around for industrial applications. Clothing Donation Programme You can donate clothing at the Bridlington Community Hub, see flyer for details.
