Friday, 26 December 2008

Free music from iTunes

Apple's iTunes "12 Days of Christmas" promotion starts today. They are giving away either one song, one video or some other offering each day until 6 January. So if you got an iPod or an iPhone for Christmas now is the time to start building your music library for free.

The first free giveaway is a music video from The Ting Tings with their hit song "That's Not My Name" available as a free download for 24 hours on 26 December. To download the video, you must have an iTunes account.

Thursday, 11 December 2008

Free computer courses

Home and Learn offer free computer tutorials and courses including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Web Design, Beginners PHP and other useful computer related subjects.

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Free letter from Santa

If you would like to get a free letter from Santa for your child then send a letter (remember to include your address) with a first or second class stamp on it to Santa, Reindeerland, SAN TA1 and as long as you do not leave it to close til Christmas the child should receive a reply from Santa (thanks to the the Royal Mail).

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Free Attractions

To celebrate St Andrews Day several Scottish tourist attractions including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Linlithgow Palace and Edinburgh Zoo are open for free.

Free burger

Walkabout are giving away 1 million free burgers if you sign up to receive a newsletter from them.

Sunday, 23 November 2008

Tesco clubcard deals

Most people who shop at Tesco have a Clubcard which allows them to earn free cashback vouchers which can be redeemed next time they buy stuff from Tesco. However, to get an even better free deal you can keep the vouchers and redeem them against Clubcard deals.

These deals give you four times as much cashback for free simply by spending somewhere else other than Tesco. The choices include Pantomines, Pizza Express, Magazine Subscriptions, Hotels and a variety of other activities.

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Free Forever Friends Goodies

If you sign up to Forever Friends you can send your friends free e-cards. The site also allows you to play games, download wallpapers, ipod videos and screensavers.

Even better is the fact that if you sign up to Forever Friends using a cashback site such as Cashbackkings they will pay you 50p so that you can get your free Forever Friends stuff!

Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Free Scottish Ancestors Search

If you are interested in tracing any Scottish ancestors you can get a free £2 credit for Scotlandspeople if you sign up to a newsletter at Ancestral Scotland.

These credits equate to 10 free credits and allow you to search and view details of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland. The births and marriage information goes back as far as 1553.

Other information available on the Scotlandspeople website include Census records, wills and testaments and Coats of Arms.

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Free healthy body calculator

As Christmas approaches and we all get set to go mad buying and eating all sorts of sweets, chocolates and other things that we know are bad for our bodies it is worth thinking about what can be done to make us a bit healthier. Saying that here is a handy healthy body calculator that provides all sorts of useful information if you enter some basic details such as your height and weight.

Friday, 31 October 2008

Free surname popularity checker

If anyone was interested in the last post about free family history certificates they may also be interested in finding how about how popular their surname is and where people who share your surname live in Great Britain. If you are one of them then visit sofeminine.

Sunday, 26 October 2008

Free family history information

FreeBMD provides free information on deaths, births and marriages in England and Wales which can save you a fortune if you are trying to research your family tree or just being nosy.

The FreeBMD project is not yet completed but at the moment it contains over 200,000,000 records so it is well on its way.

Tracing your family tree has become quite common especially with the popularity of TV programmes such as Who do you think you are? on the BBC where they traced the family history of famous people such as Patsy Kensit, Jerry Springer and Boris Johnson.

Monday, 20 October 2008

Free Scotland Guide

If you are looking at visiting Scotland in the near future then you can get a free guide from the Scottish Tourist Board that offers advice from the locals. So if you are heading to Scotland for the Hogmany celebrations, The Edinburgh Festival, a game of golf, bit of banter, beautiful scenery, a game of golf or just a weekend break then this guide could be really useful.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Free pizza

If you like pizza then why not take advantage of Pizza Express' free pizza when you buy another pizza offer. It just goes to show that dining out during the credit crunch doesn't need to be an expensive luxury.

If you are not sure where your nearest Pizza Express is you can enter your postcode on this site and they will tell you where your nearest restaurant is. Given that they have over 300 restaurants in the UK there is hopefully one near you.

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Free Audiobooks

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. The public domain is any book which is no longer subject to copyright and would tend to be about 70-80 years old although it obviously depends on the copyright agreement.

Anyway examples of the free audiobooks available include Dracula, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Beowulf, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, Ulysses and War and Peace. Happy listening!

Saturday, 4 October 2008

Free Money

If you open up a current account with First Direct they will give you £100 once you have transferred you salary into your new account. If you do not like the service offered by First Direct and decide to move you account elsewhere after 6 months then they will give you ANOTHER £100. So you get £100 for opening an account with First Direct and another £100 if you leave.

For those of you concerned about how safe your money would be with First Direct they have over 1.2million customers and have made a profit every year since 1995.

Friday, 3 October 2008

Free Cosmetics

If you would like to have beautiful using natural ingredients then Eathnicity are giving away free samples of cosmetics. Simply click in the samples box near the top of the screen.

The Earthnicity range contains no preservatives, talc, perfumes, parabens or other irritants. They are also all tested using cruelty free means with no testing being done on animals.

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Free Nivea Body Smooth Sensation

For irresistably smooth skin for free simply visit Nivea Body Smooth Sensation and click on the free product sample picture near the bottom of the page.

Sunday, 28 September 2008

Free DVDs

For a free DVD simply visit the Free DVD Club complete a short survey and then choose from a choice of 50 different free DVDs.

The DVDs on offer include the Shawshank Redemption, Secretary, Matrix Revisited, Donnie Darko, Whats eating Gilbert Grape, Will and Grace, Grand Theft Auto and over 40 other DVDs.

Sunday, 21 September 2008

Free photo software

Picasa is a free downloadable software from Google for managing, editing, creating and sharing pictures.

Using Picasa you can add captions to your photos and add ratings to your favorites. There is a long list of photographic editing functions available including allowing you to crop pictures, to remove red-eye or to add effects such as sepia, black and white and soft focus.

Should you forget where you saved your photos Picasa even has a function allowing you to easily find them again using keywords, ratings, and dates.

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Free £5 Marks and Spencers gift voucher

For a free £5 Marks and Spencer gift voucher simply get a free insurance quote from Direct Line.

You can get a quote by calling 0845 246 4019 and mentioning the promotional code 'mpress' at the start of the call or by obtaining an online quote from Direct Line and entering 'mspress' in the Promotional Code box near the bottom of the page.

Monday, 15 September 2008

Free photo prints

Jessops are currently offering everyone 50 free photo prints when they sign up to their JPICS service. So if you have recently been on holiday and have yet to print off your pictures yet why not use Jessops and get the first 50 prints for free.

The photos are 6" by 4" and should be of a high quality making them an ideal freebie that you can look back at time and time again.

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Free day out

Heritage Open Days allows people to sample a piece of culture and heritage by allowing people free access to a wide selection of buildings that are normally closed or require payment of a fee to access them.

Heritage Open Days runs between 11th and 14th of September and includes access to castles, barns, factories, churches and temples to name but a few. To find out more about a free day out visit Heritage Open Days.

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Free Burger King vouchers

To get your hands on free vouchers for Burger King simply visit their website and click on the picture on the right hand side of the screen with the words "Download £30 of Vouchers Now" imposed on it.

The download includes 12 vouchers which cover a variety of Burger King promotions such as "free fries and drink when you buy an adult burger" and "free regular drink and hash browns with any breakfast butty purchased".

Sunday, 7 September 2008

Free Always Envive


Always is well known for offering great protection to women. Now Always have increased their product range and as a way of promoting this they are offering free samples. To get hold of a free sample simply visit Always and click on product you would like to receive.

Friday, 5 September 2008

Free retro games

There are loads of old ZX Spectrum games available to play online at ZX Spectrum.

So if you spent hours of your childhood playing Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Chuckie Egg and Horace goes Skiing you can now relive those moments for free. If you have never heard of them and are under 30 why not visit the site and see how games used to be played before we invented the Playstation, Gamebox and Wii.

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Free rice

Free rice is an online game that asks you various questions and for each answer that you answer correctly the website will donate 20 grains of rice through the UN food programme to help ease hunger.

The questions get harder as you progress in the game but even if you get one question wrong you can go back and answer more questions to donate more rice. The free rice is paid for by the websites sponsors.

Friday, 29 August 2008

Free milk shake

If you would like a free milk shake containing loads of protein to help keep you fit and strong then you can obtain a free sample bottle from forgoodnessshakes.

The drink is specifically aimed at those who exercise a lot or anybody who feels thirsty!

Friday, 15 August 2008

Free clip art

Open Clip Art Library contains over 10,000 images which are copyright free and available to download for free.

The artwork contained on the site can really help bring a report, website or email to life and given the number of images available you are bound to find something suitable for your project. If you are looking for a particular piece of clip art but cannot find it you can always put in a request and someone might create it for you.

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Free Yoghurts

Muller are touring the UK to promote their yoghurts which no no doubt involve them giving away loads of free Muller corner yoghurts. So if you see them while you are out shopping why not wander over and pick up some free yoghurt.

The promotional tour dates are:

Birmingham, Bullring Shopping Centre - 07/08/08 - 10/08/08
Bristol, Balloon Fiesta - 07/08/08 - 10/08/08
Nottingham, Victoria Centre - 12/08/08 - 15/08/08
Essex, Lakeside Shopping Centre - 12/08/08 - 15/08/08
Derby, Westfield Shopping Centre - 16/08/08 - 20/08/08
Basingstoke, Festival Place Shopping Centre - 16/08/08 - 20/08/08
Sheffield, Meadowhall Shopping Centre - 21/08/08 - 25/08/08
Southampton, West Quay Shopping Centre - 21/08/08 - 25/08/08
Liverpool, Liverpool 1 - 27/08/08 - 29/08/08
Bromley, The Glades Shopping Centre - 27/08/08 - 31/08/08
Manchester, Arndale Shopping Centre - 30/08/08 - 03/09/08
London, Canary Wharf - 02/09/08 - 05/09/08
Manchester, Trafford Centre - 04/09/08 - 07/09/08
Greenhithe, Bluewater Shopping Centre - 06/09/08 - 12/09/08
Leeds, Asda HO - 09/09/2008
Glasgow, Braehead Shopping Centre - 10/09/08 - 12/09/08
Glasgow, Silverburn Shopping Centre - 13/09/08 - 14/09/08
Reading, The Oracle Shopping Centre - 13/09/08 - 19/09/08
Solihull, Touchwood Shopping Centre - 16/09/08 - 18/09/08
Dudley, Merryhill Shopping Centre - 19/09/08 - 21/09/08
Cardiff, City Centre - 20/09/08 - 26/09/08
Newcastle, Metrocentre - 23/09/08 - 27/09/08
Dublin, Swords Shopping Centre - 03/10/2008 - 05/10/08

Monday, 21 July 2008

Free credit report

You can get a free credit report online at Annual credit report, unlike some other free reports you do not have to enter your credit card details or any other financial information.

After joining they send a password to your home address to allow them to check that you are who you say you are and then you are given free access to your credit report as long as you received monthly emails from them.

Reviewing your credit report regularly can seriously reduce the chances of being a victim of identity theft.

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Free tea and coffee

If you apply for an IKEA Family card you can drink free tea and coffee all day in the IKEA restaurant on Mondays to Fridays.

Other benefits of the card are that as a holder you receive great discounts on selected products each month. For more details visit your nearest store or click IKEA.

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Free fonts

Do you get bored using the same old boring fonts such as Arial and Times New Roman then why not visit getfreefonts.

It does just as the website name suggests and allows you to get free fonts. These can be used to quickly and easily brighten up a letter, email, blog or a website.

Getfreefonts allows you to search and view the fonts alphabetically and as there are literally thousands of fonts available you are bound to find something suitable.

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Free maps

If you are looking to find the location of a business, a house or anywhere at all simply visit Google Maps and enter the postcode or street name or whatever details you have and it will produce an extremely detailed map of the surrounding area. This should allow you to easily find it.

Google Maps also allow you to view the map as simply a 'map' or to show a satelite view of the area or to show the terrain. These different views give you a really good idea of what the area is like. You can even use it to see what your house looks like from the sky!

Thursday, 10 April 2008

Free email

There are loads of free email services available on the internet but one of the best is Hotmail. It comes with 5Gb of storage, allows you to preview messages before opening them and it also has powerful virus scanning and cleaning facilities to keep your computer and messages safe and secure.

Saturday, 5 April 2008

Free Stuff

Lots of companies give away free stuff as a way of promoting their products or their business.

The most popular freebies given away are free samples, free trials and free rewards.

Free samples allow you to try a product for free. The companies know that most people will always choose the same brand because they have loyalty towards it and in order to encourage you to buy their products companies give you a free taster in the hope that you try it and prefer it to your normal brand and therfore buy this new brand in future.

Free trials involve you receiving the first few products for free and then if you want any more you have to pay the full price for them. This is very common with subscription products such as magazines where you sign up for the magazine and receive the first months magazine free but then have to pay the full price for the rest of the magazines you receive. Free trials are useful in that they allow you to try a product for free before you buy it.

Free rewards involve completing a small task and being rewarded with a free product, voucher or possibly cash. Common types of such free rewards involve competing surveys, using a cashback rewards website and applying for insurance quotes.

Care should always be taken when giving out personal data such as your name, address, phone number and bank details out as although most companies are genuine there will always be a few rogues who will try to take advantage of you. In order to avoid these rogue you should not provide any more information than you think is necessary, for example, if you are to receive a free sample - the sender will need your postal address but they should not be asking for your credit card details unless it is a free trial.

Thursday, 27 March 2008

Nescafe rewards

If you enjoy drinking coffee and especially coffee from Nescafe then you may be aware that they offer rewards each time you buy a jar of coffee. The rewards scheme involves collecting the cofee bean tokens available on the back of the jars. These tokens can then be exchanged for a variety of rewards including coffee mugs, bathrobes, family portraits etc. You can get a free rewards collection card at https://www.nescafe-pickmeups.co.uk/Content/Admin/Collector_Card2.pdf and this also gives you a free coffee bean token.

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Freecycle

If you have any old stuff in your house that you do not want to list on Ebay as you are not going to make much money but you do not want the hassle of having to visit the local tip or if you cannot bear to see it being sent off to a landfill site you can use Freecycle.

Freecycle are a Yahoo groups based website (non profit making who want to reduce the amount of rubbish we send into the landfills) where you can post a photo of your stuff and alittle description. People in your local area can then see you no longer want it and contact you to take it away for you or you can you it if you are looking for something for free.

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Free cashback


Cashbackkings is a cashback website that pays you money when you shop online at hundreds of shops including Marks and Spencer, Dell, Tesco and Carphone Warehouse.

Why do they pay you cashback well they earn commission from the shops and pass 100% of this commission on to you as cashback. In return for this Cashbackkings keep the first £5 cashback that you earn but they rest is yours.

The cashback can quickly add up as you can make £45 for taking out an American Express creditcard, £110 for taking out an ISA through Legal and General and £16 for taking out a free trial from Lovefilm. Other cashbacks are smaller and tend to be a % of your purchases, for example, Dell offer 5% whilst Apple only offer 3% but if you were going to shop online anyway why not earn yourself some cashback.

Saturday, 15 March 2008

Free ebooks

There are literally hundreds of ebooks available from floodle covering a hugh range of topics including golf, auctions, recipes, how to lose weight, build a website and best of all they are all free.

Friday, 14 March 2008

Free website buidling software

If you are looking to build a website but have no technical knowledge then nvu.com is just the free software you are looking for. It allows you to create web pages in minutes and manage your site with a minimum of fuss.

Monday, 10 March 2008

Free stories

If you like reading Science Fiction stories you will be pleased to know that you can download free science fiction stories from escapepod. The site currently has 148 stories available and they tend to add a new one each week.

Sunday, 9 March 2008

Free domain name

If you have a website or a blog and would like a free domain name then you can get one for free from Dot.tk. Your website address will be yourname.tk.

Saturday, 8 March 2008

Free property valuation

If you are looking to get a rough idea of the value of your property without having to use an estate agent then go to Propertypriceadvice.

All you need to do is to enter some basic information such as the number of rooms and whether there’s a garage and it comes up with a best, average and worst price for a property. It is also possible to download a bespoke PDF with hints on a variety of things such as how much value different renovations could add to your propertys value.

Friday, 7 March 2008

Free tickets

Applausestore have free tickets to go and watch literally thousands of television and radio programs and cover the very best entertainment, music, comedy, chat, sitcom, reality & award shows produced at many different studios and locations all around the world.

Monday, 3 March 2008

Free mouse pad

If your old mousepad is getting a bit past it you can get a new one for free.

The mouse pad is a high-performance soft mouse pad with a specially formulated 'cling' undersurface that gives superb lay-flat, non-slip qualities. The heat-bonded top provides a surface that many users prefer above all others. This mat has also been selected by Microsoft, IBM, Intel and Compaq amongst others.

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Free pet food

Trophy pet foods will send you 1 free sample per pet, per household, up to a limit of 3 free samples (dog or cat). You can read more about the different foods in the Trophy range on their website.

Saturday, 1 March 2008

Free jelly bellies

Jellybelly offer 100 free samples of their jelly beans everyday to UK residents everyday, 365 days of the year.

To ensure fairness Jellybelly randomly change the times to get into the free samples program. They allow a maximum of 4 free samples per household

Friday, 29 February 2008

Free house prices

Nethouseprices is a free online service that allows you find out how much a house in England, Scotland and Wales was sold for. This is an extremely useful service whether you are thinking of selling your home, buying a new home, looking to appeal your Council tax or just want to find out how much your neighbours, relatives and friends paid for their house.

Thursday, 28 February 2008

Free credit report

Get a free credit report and see the information that lenders see when they are deciding whether to lend you money. CreditExpert helps you manage what’s on your credit report, making sure information it contains is up to date and accurately reflects your situation.

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Free Rewards

Myfreerewards are currently offering you the chance to get a CD, DVD, MP3 player or a selection of other stuff for free so go on reward yourself its free afterall.

Free CDs and DVDs

If you would like to receive some free CDs, DVDs and some computer software then why not visit Savapoint and all you have to pay is the postage and packaging costs.

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

Free perfume

If you would like to get your hands on a free sample of Britney Spears Curious perfume then click here.

Monday, 25 February 2008

Hunger Site

Make a free donation at the Hunger Site and help to eradicate world hunger. The Hungersite was launched back in 1999 and since then it has significantly helped to feed the worlds hungry. Each day over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site and click to make a free donation.

The free donations are actually paid for by site sponsors who advertise on the site. 100% of sponsorship revenues are given to their charitable partners with the funds being used to feed hungry people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Sunday, 24 February 2008

Free route map

Never get lost again thanks to the free route maps available from the AA. All you have to do is enter your starting location and where you want to end up and they will produce a neat little set of instructions on how to get there.

Saturday, 23 February 2008

Free brochures and catalogues

Help yourself to a wide variety of free catalogues and brochures on topics such as holidays, books and music, in fact it covers everyhting from arts to weddings.

Friday, 22 February 2008

Free Breast Cancer Donations

The Breast Cancer Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness of breast cancer and provide free mammograms for women in need every day — through easy and quick online activities.

With a simple, daily click The Breast Cancer Site visitors help to provide free mammograms for women in need. Visitors pay nothing. Mammograms are provided by our charitable partners.
Please remember to click every day to fund free mammograms and give hope to women in need. Every click counts in the battle to prevent breast cancer.

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Free website

If you have ever thought about having your own website but were afraid it would cost too much then don't wory as you can now build and host a website for free using Bravenet.

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

How to complain

Have you ever felt as though you have not had the service you expected or the goods you bought have been damaged and felt the need to complain but never knew where to start? Well there is a website designed specifically to give you advice on how to complain effectively. The advice is free as well as being independent.

The site explains your rights and how to go about resolving you complaint.

Free Glow Sticks

If you would like to have some fun in the dark why not get yourself some free glowsticks?

Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Organ Donor

Why not help to save a life by signing up as an Organ Donor.

In the UK there are more than 9,000 people who need an organ transplant that could save or dramatically improve their life. The majority are waiting for a kidney, others for a heart, lung or liver transplant. But less than 3,000 transplants are carried out each year.

Transplants are one of the most miraculous achievements of modern medicine. But they depend entirely on the generosity of donors and their families who are willing to make this life-saving gift to others. So why not help by pledging to donate your organs after your death and help somebody else to improve their life.

Monday, 18 February 2008

Free postcodes

If you are struggling to remember someones postcode or cannot remember their full address then Hopewiser have a handy tool that lets you enter what address information you have and it will provide you with the full postal address.

Sunday, 17 February 2008

Free Annual Reports

If you are interesting in buying shares in a company or would just like to find out a bit more about a company then you can obtain a free copy of their Annual Report. This will tell you what the company does, how profitable it is, how much the directors are paid and lots of other useful information.

Saturday, 16 February 2008

Free Anti Virus Software

AVG Anti Virus Free software is the most popular free solution available to home users and provides a high level of computer virus detection. It is an extremely popular software and is used by millions around the world to protect their computers.

AVG is easy to use, has an automatic update facility and a Virus Vault for the safe handling of infected files.

AVG Anti-Virus Free is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.