Support Us
The main way that you can support us is by coming to our concerts! These will happen twice a year: one at the end of January or beginning of February; one in July. Keep an eye out on our website or social media for event announcements!
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Other than that, we have two ways for you to support us:
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Patreon - Where you can contribute a small monthly amount and gain access to exclusive videos, early event notification and seat preferences for concerts.
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EasyFundraising - A service that donates money to us whenever you shop online from 8000+ retailers without you paying any extra.
Patreon
Our Patreon is our version of a 'Friends of NESSOC' scheme and we have two different levels of support you can give us depending on your situation:
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If you would like to support us but wouldn't benefit from any concert-related benefits, we have a 'Support from afar' tier where you can pay £2 per month to gain access to behind the scenes rehearsal videos and votes on future repertoire.
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If you will be able to come to our concerts, we have a 'Concert Supporter' tier where you can pay £2.50 per month to not only get the 'Support from afar' benefits mentioned above, but also get early notification of our events and the option to give us seat preferences for our concerts.
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EasyFundraising
Easyfundraising is a way we can get more money without you having to pay any extra. If you create an account with them (which is free), whenever you shop online from 8000+ retailers they donate a portion of your payment to a cause that you choose without increasing how much you pay. You can only have one cause selected at a time but you can change that cause whenever you want.
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You can either access these retailers through the EasyFundraising website or their app. You can also set up the EasyFundraising browser extension which will mean that instead of having to go through EasyFundraising first, whenever you visit a site that works with them, a notification will pop up that tells you that is the case. If you want more information about how it works, visit https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/how-it-works/.
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The 8000+ retailers that EasyFundraising work with are very varied, including:
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Online retailers like Amazon, Ebay and Etsy
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Supermarkets like Asda, Tesco and Ocado
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Food deliveries like Deliveroo, Just Eat and Domino's Pizza
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Most category of online purchases will have a company that works with them!