All the usual fundraising activities involve a lot of hard work from our supporters, but here’s one that doesn’t. We have found a company that will give us 50p for every old DVD and CD we send them, so even if they don’t sell at one of our events, we can still make money by recycling.

The company doing this recycling for charities is called Music Magpie. They provide a free collection service, and cheques are sent out very promptly once the CD/DVDs have been checked for suitability. We have already had a cheque for £45 for a consignment of just over 100 (some failed their inspection) and it really is an excellent way of getting rid of unsalable items.

 Of course, nothing is ever that easy and there are rules. Firstly, CDs/DVDs must be sent in quantities of 100+ and the CDs must be in their original undamaged cases. All must be bar coded and ‘freebies ‘  from magazines and newspapers are not acceptable. Also the CD must contain at least 5 tracks, i.e. ‘singles’ are not OK. That’s it – anything else is allowed.

Veronica is collecting the DVDs/CDs and sending them off, so if you have any left at the end of an event, don’t pack them up, give them to her for the next Music Magpie consignment. Please help spread the word and encourage your friends to donate their old CDs and DVDs. If we can’t sell them, we can still get 50p each for them from Music Magpie, it’s that easy!