AN EXCITING new project by the Get Changed Theatre Company is looking to raise £500 by using a clever online shopping scheme.

The 'New Ideas, New Arenas' project is the most ambitious project ever undertaken by Get Changed.

Working in collaboration with the National Trust's Castle Drogo, it aims to expand the skills and experience of Get Changed participants in a new and challenging performance arena reaching a wider audience of National Trust visitors.

The performances will encompasses a series of immersive theatre experiences for audiences as they journey on foot around the castle site during the National Trust high season to maximise potential audience numbers.

The team at Get Changed Theatre Company, who are mostly volunteers, want to hit their fundraising target by March 2014 so they can pay for essential volunteer support, training and expenses to ensure the project can go ahead.

Get Changed has registered with easyfundraising.org.uk, a free and easy way for people to help raise money as they shop online.

Shoppers sign up on the site to support their cause, shop online with any of 2,500 major online retailers signed up to the service, and the retailer gives a 2.5% reward on all purchases made to the selected good cause.

Household names like Amazon, eBay, John Lewis and Tesco take part in the scheme. More than £5-million in donations have been raised through easyfundraising.

Christine Munkenbeck, chairman of Get Changed, said: 'With Christmas approaching and people making extra online purchases it is a perfect time for people to sign up and help our important organisation for adults with a learning disability.

'What is wonderful about easyfundraising is that it is absolutely free to us and our supporters and a very quick and simple way to raise funds for charities.

Our current supporters have commented on how easy the website is to use and some have saved it as their homepage as a reminder to use whenever they shop online.

'All charities should sign up to this and get supporters on board - the pennies donated from each online purchase soon turn into pounds.'

To find out more about the organisation, visit http://www.getchanged.com">www.getchanged.com or the Get Changed Facebook page.