Yahoo Finance Free tennis and make-up: this week's deals and discounts
There’s a great bunch of money-saving deals and discounts for you to grab this week, including a free tennis games and make-up plus there’s still a chance to get a free pint.
But don’t forget, a bargain is only a good deal if you were planning to splash out on it anyway.
Free tennis games
If you’ve been inspired by Wimbledon to try tennis, you can do so free this weekend courtesy of the Lawn Tennis Association.
The Great British Tennis Weekend on 21 and 22 July includes free events across the country, with sessions to suit the whole family. There are Mini Tennis sessions, family time, free play, Cardio Tennis and numerous other kinds of activities to get involved in.
Search here to find your nearest venue and book your spot!
New tennis app
Meanwhile a tennis app which launched this week allows you to find an available local court and someone to play against. It matches you to someone locally of the same ability to play with.
The app also lists free courts – so you don’t need to join a club. The Spin Tennis app is available on iPhone App Store and Google Play Store.
Free pints
Around 2,500 pubs will be giving away free pints this week as part of National Pub Fortnight.
You need to sign up online to receive a voucher which you can use in local boozers. There are 50,000 pints being handed out but only on a first-come, first-served basis.
Full details here
Fun summer competitions for kids
Worried about how to keep your kids busy over the six week summer holiday? Blogger Di Coke has rounded up loads of great-looking fun kids summer competitions with some wonderful prizes up for grabs.
They include sandcastle and story writing competitions, a chance to design a superhero plus a range of other easy-to-enter quizzes. See the full round up at SuperluckyMe.
Free seeds to grow your own veg
Claim a free packet of seeds through the Innocent Big Grow project run in collaboration with GIY (Grow It Yourself) to encourage people to grow their own veg.
30,000 winners will get a packet of seeds, a compost disc and a growing guide to help you plant your veg at home. Enter here
99p offers at Lidl
Budget supermarket Lidl is offering a range of items at just 99p at the moment.
Offers include a 700g pack of Aunt Bessie’s Crispy Homestyle chips, Birds Eye Four Beefburgers with Onions, Colgate Max Fresh Intense Foam toothpaste, and 1L bottles of Coca-cola.
To see the full list of 99p offers go here
Half-price Gu treats
GU Dessert Pots are on special offer at the moment, down from £3 to £1.50 for two. At Tesco the offer includes Lemon Cheesecake, Chocolate Melting Middles and Zillionaire Cheesecakes. There are also similar offers at Sainsbury’s and Ada.
30% off bikes
Halfords has launched a 30% off selected bikes and accessories offer.
Pendleton Somerby hybrid bike drops from £280 to £224 while the Apollo Café hybrid bike is down from £180 to £126. See all the offers here
20% extra off at Puma’s half-price sale
Puma has an end of season online sale at the moment offering up to 50% off the company’s trainers, socks and other sportswear.
And you can get an extra 20% off prices by using the code SALE20 at the checkout at Puma
Half-price at Butlin’s this summer
You can get 50% off a Butlin’s break if you book before midnight on Tuesday 24 July.
The offer means a family of four can get three nights at any of Butlin’s seaside resorts (Minehead, Bognor Regis and Skegness) from £129pp, or a four-night break from £179pp (based on Silver self-catering).
You can book your break at Butlins
Tax credits deadline warning
If you’re eligible for tax credits, you need to renew before 31 July, or risk losing your cash.
The end of the month is the tax credits renewal deadline and if you don’t act, not only will your payments stop, but the Revenue may chase you for some of the money you’ve received in the last couple of months. You can renew online here.
Tip of the Week
If you love makeup, then you’ll know just how expensive building up a beauty collection can be.
“But luckily, there are ways to give your makeup bag a boost with free products from big beauty brands, including MAC, Benefit, bareMinerals, Estee Lauder, GLAMGLOW and loads more,” reckons Alex Staff of Magic Freebies.
She’s written a helpful guide explaining how to get free make-up and beauty products.
