Asda Rewards Cashpot for Schools

Cashpot for Schools: Long Terms & Conditions

Promoter: ASDA Stores Limited (‘ASDA’) Great Wilson Street, South Bank, Leeds, LS11 5AD

By taking part in this promotion all participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these terms and conditions and the Asda Rewards terms and conditions available at Asda.com/rewards/terms as amended from time to time.

1. Cashpot for Schools is a donation initiative operated by Asda, whereby Asda will donate 0.5% of Qualifying Purchases during the Qualifying Period to eligible schools.

2. Participation

   1. To participate:

      1. Participants must be a registered Asda Rewards member

      2. Participants must opt in to the Cashpot for Schools initiative via the Asda Rewards app

      3. Participants must select a school (hereby referred to as Chosen School) for Asda to donate 0.5% of the participants Qualifying Purchase to, or;

      4. Participants must select to donate to a Schools Most in Need Cashpot, whereby Asda will donate 0.5% of a participant qualifying spend to a Schools Most in Need Cashpot (hereby referred to as Chosen School), which ParentKind (Registered Charity Number 1072833) (“ParentKind”) for administering of the funds and distribution to Chosen Schools, will then distribute to Chosen Schools. The distribution of the Schools Most in Need Cashpot will be determined by Index of Multiple Deprivation. See term 4.b. for further details on distribution of the Schools Most in Need Cashpot.

      5. Once a participant has completed the opt in process, qualifying purchases can be made as follows;

   2. Instore route:

      1. Participants must scan their Asda Rewards app before payment is made for their Qualifying Purchase. Asda will not make a donation where the participant has not scanned the Asda Rewards app in store or where the participant has not opted in to Cashpot for Schools prior to the transaction.

      2. Once a participant has completed a Qualifying Purchase within the Qualifying Period, Asda will automatically add 0.5% of the participants Qualifying Spend to the participations Chosen School.

   3. Online route:

      1. An order of a Qualifying Purchase must be placed and confirmed within the Qualifying Period for delivery or collection no later than 30/11/2024 23:59.

      2. Participants must ensure their Asda Rewards account is linked to their grocery home shopping account, and be opted in to Cashpot For Schools before placing an online order.

      3. Once an order is either confirmed as delivered or collected Asda will donate 0.5% of the participants Qualifying Spend to their Chosen School.

   4. “Qualifying Period”

      1. Purchases made instore or online from 02/09/2024 09:00 to 30/11/2024 23:59 will qualify for a donation to the Chosen School.

   5. “Qualifying Purchase”:

      1. 0.5% of a participants total spend instore or online will be donated to the participants Chosen School, after any vouchers, coupons, or discounts have been applied, and excluding “Excluded Items” detailed in term 2.5.2.

      2. Excluded Items: purchases made on George.com, fuel, all items from a petrol station, postage stamps, tobacco and tobacco related products, gift vouchers and gift cards, lottery, phone top up cards/vouchers, pharmacy, NHS prescriptions, and, third party concessions or products.

      3. In Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, alcohol purchases are not eligible for donations. This applies to products purchased instore and online.

      4. Participant(s) must spend a minimum of £2 in one transaction on Qualifying Purchases for a donation to be made.

   6. Participants will not be able to amend their Chosen School once this has been selected.

   7. Participants will be able to opt out of the initiative at any moment during the Qualifying Period by calling customer services on 0330 053 0222. Any donation from Qualifying Spend up until the moment a participant has opted out will remain in the Chosen School and be donated.

   8. Cashpot for Schools is in addition to earnings generated to the participants personal Cashpot. Participants will continue to receive all earnings into their personal Cashpot from Star Products and Missions as per term 4 in the Asda Rewards Terms & Conditions found at https://www.asda.com/terms/rewards.  Participants will not receive any Cashpot into their personal Cashpot as part of the Cashpot for Schools initiative.

   9. Participants cannot donate Cashpot from their personal Cashpot into their Chosen School.

3. Eligible Schools:

   1. A list of eligible schools will be available to select from in the Asda Rewards app during the opt-in process, as per term 2.1.

   2. All state funded Primary Schools are listed as eligible schools, including ‘Special Schools (SEN) who deliver Primary level education and receive core funding (or "place Funding") and/or top-up funding from the high needs block of dedicated schools grant (DSG) via their Local Authority.

   3. Private Schools, Secondary Schools, Middle Schools, Nursery Schools & Home Schools are not eligible for the Cashpot for Schools initiative.

   4. Only one payment will be made to each registered school who has received donations during the Qualifying Period. Where a school has a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) registered with Parentkind, the PTA will receive the donation.

   5. Eligible Schools & Parent Teacher Associations will need to verify their bank details with Parentkind by 30/11/24 23:59 to be able to receive the donation.

   6. If your school is eligible or believed to be eligible but does not appear on the Asda Rewards app please contact Parentkind by calling 0300 123 5460 or emailing info@parentkind.org.

4. Donations:

   1. Selected schools:

      1. Where a school has been selected by participant(s), and the school’s PTA or school has provided their bank details to Parentkind before 30/11/24 23:59, the Chosen School will receive 0.5% of the Qualifying purchase(s) made by participant(s) during the qualifying period.

      2. Asda will also donate an additional £50 to the Cashpot of each selected school. Only schools that have been selected to receive a donation by participant(s) will receive an additional £50 Cashpot. This donation will only show after the first qualifying purchase has been made. Only one donation of £50 will be made per school.

      3. For every Asda Rewards member who opts into Cashpot for schools Asda will donate an additional £1. This £1 will be added to Cashpot for the participants Chosen School within 48 hours, and may take up to 72 hours to be reflected in the Asda Rewards app.

      4. Should the selected school not have provided their details before 30/11/24 23:59, as per term 4.6.2, the Cashpot generated for their Chosen School will be added to the Schools Most in Need Cashpot. This is less the additional £50 referred to in term 4.1.2.

      5. If a participant(s) Chosen School chooses to opt out of the scheme, any money in this Cashpot will go in to the Schools Most in Need Cashpot, less the £50 top up. Any participant(s) who had chosen this school will be notified within 10 days that their Chosen School has opted out of the scheme. These participant(s) can either:

         1. Remain opted-in to Cashpot For Schools. Donations will still continue to be added on Qualifying Purchases. This will show for their Chosen School, but at the end of the scheme this money will be added to the Schools Most in Need Cashpot.

         2. Contact customer services to opt-out of Cashpot For Schools as per term 2.7. If they choose to, they can opt back in if they wish to continue to donate to an alternative School or Schools Most in Need.

   2. Schools in Need Cashpot:

      1. 0.5% of the qualifying purchase(s) made by participant(s) during the qualifying period who selected Schools Most in Need cashpot for their Chosen School, will be added to a singular mass Cashpot.

      2. Parentkind will distribute the Schools in Need Cashpot to a selection of schools based on the following criteria:

         1. Eligible schools detailed in Section 3

         2. Schools that have completed requirements for donation fulfilment detailed in section 4.6.

         3. Schools which are located in regions/areas which are designated as having above average deprivation according to Index of Multiple Deprivation (“IMD”)  - IMD in England, SIMD in Scotland, NIMD in Northern Ireland and WIMD in Wales, using the most recent publications of data found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019 (IMD) https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-index-of-multiple-deprivation-2020/ (SIMD) https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/deprivation/northern-ireland-multiple-deprivation-measure-2017-nimdm2017 (NIMD) https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Community-Safety-and-Social-Inclusion/Welsh-Index-of-Multiple-Deprivation (WIMD)

         4. Where Schools Most in Need Cashpot is equal to under £1m, 44.4% of the fund will be distributed to schools designated IMD1, 33.3% to schools designated IMD2 and 22.2% to schools designated IMD3.

         5. Where Schools Most in Need Cashpot is between £1m and £2,999,999, 38.46% of the fund will be distributed to schools designated IMD1, 26.92% to schools designated IMD2, 23.07% to schools designated IMD3 and 11.5% to schools designated IMD4.

         6. Where Schools Most in Need Cashpot is over £3m, 32.4% of the fund will be distributed to schools designated IMD1, 25.46% to schools designated IMD2, 23.14% to schools designated IMD3, 11.57% to schools designated IMD4 and 7.4% to schools designated as IMD5.

         7. Donations are limited to a maximum of £3,500 per school.

         8. Should the Schools Most in Need Cashpot total value exceed the maximum of £3,500 available donation to each participating school Parentkind will further distribute to IMD6 designated schools and above.

         9. Parentkind’s decision on the schools that receive donations from the Schools Most in Need Cashpot are final.

         10. Parentkind reserves the right to modify the distribution of Schools Most in Need Cashpot.

   3. Asda may increase the value of the donation or add additional donation opportunities during the Qualifying Period.

   4. Participants will be able to view the value being donated to their Chosen School in the Asda Rewards app.

   5. It may take up to 72 hours for the Chosen School’s Cashpot to be updated with a donation from any Qualifying Purchases.

   6. Donation fulfilment:

      1. Asda will donate the Cashpot to for administering of the funds and distribution to the Chosen Schools.

      2. Eligible Schools & Parent Teacher Associations will need to verify their bank details with Parentkind by 30/11/2024 23:59.

      3. Eligible Schools or Parent Teacher Associations who have not verified their bank details with Parentkind by 30/11/2024 23:59 will not receive the donation. These donations will be added to the Schools Most in Need Cashpot, to be distributed according to term 4.2.

      4. Parentkind will notify schools of the amount they will receive no later than the 31st December 2024.

      5. Participating PTAs/parent councils/schools will receive funds into their designated bank account no later than the 31st March 2025 by way of a direct credit transfer.

      6. Schools and PTAs who have been selected to receive a donation, will receive the equivalent cashpot value earned on qualifying purchases during the qualifying period in GBP.

      7. Participants can refer to Parentkind’s terms & conditions at www.parentkind.org.

      8. Each Donation is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered to participants.

5. Asda reserves the right to modify this promotion or the T&Cs at any time.

6. The usual Asda Rewards terms & conditions apply. These can be found at https://www.asda.com/rewards/terms.

7. Cancellation and Disqualification

   1. Asda reserves the right to void, cancel, suspend, or amend the Cashpot for Schools initiative at any time without prior notice [where it becomes necessary to do so due in unforeseen circumstances or otherwise required to comply with applicable laws].

   2. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions by opting in.

   3. Asda reserves the right to refuse and remove Asda Rewards to anyone in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

   4. All users who use prohibited means for participation (e.g. hacking tools, viruses, Trojans, etc.) will be excluded. Participation in the initiative by groups of players, automatic services or professional services is not permitted.