The festive season can mean parties, family gatherings, visits to friends, and celebration meals in restaurants.

So how do you find outfits for so many occasions, and still have enough money left for presents?

The answer could be just a matter of clicks away.

Many Evening Post readers are having a Cashback Christmas and getting cash bonuses, plus discounts, through the www.thisiscashback.co.uk website.

The site has links for around 2,000 major online retailers, high street shops, brand names and service companies.

All are offering cashback to customers who come to their website through the thisiscashback website, and many are also offering extra savings.

There are numerous offers on clothes and shoes that could turn your festive season into fashion season – with the added advantage of getting money back as you spend.

Anyone who had a purchase in mind and did their shopping through thisiscashback.co.uk could get discounts and money back on the goods they wanted.

For example M&Co are offering four per cent cashback, so a fashion-conscious shopper who accessed their website through thisiscashback and bought a tiered purple shift dress for a party at £59, plus a £35 tulip wrap front dress for a meal in a restaurant, and a £35 ribbed drape-front cardigan for a family gathering, would get £5.16 cashback.

They would also qualify for free delivery because they had spent over £40, and any new customers could use an order code to get 10 per cent off their first order.

Other deals include seven per cent cashback at The Savile Row Company, which sells formal and casual menswear; up to six per cent cashback at My Wardrobe; plus five per cent cashback at cashmere fashions retailer Pure Collection.

Next is offering four per cent cashback, and so is casual clothing company White Stuff. There are also cashback offers of 2.5 per cent at Marks & Spencer, Joules, and Karen Millen.

There are also offers from shoe retailers, with both Hotter and Kicker giving four per cent cashback. Barratts is giving 3.5 per cent cashback, plus a code to get discounts.

When you join, your account will be credited with £5 to get you started and every purchase you make through the website will earn you cashback.

To qualify for cashback you have to visit the retailers' websites by using the links on the Evening Post website.

DISCOUNTS on goods from leading high street stores, and cash back too –surely there has to be a catch.

There isn't. And here's why.

When our thisiscashback members use the links on our site to buy products or services, the retailers give us commission for the sale without any extra costs or charge.

We share this commission with you –unlike a lot of other internet sites and shopping directories.

Shops do not charge you more for going through our site, and you pay us nothing. There is no obligation to buy anything, and you'll never receive any spam or junkmail.

For more information or to open an account go to www. thisiscashback.co.uk.

On joining Thisiscashback.co.uk, your account will be credited with £5 to get you started. Then just start shopping and every purchase you make will earn you cashback.

As you shop, the amount in your cashback account builds and then gets paid directly into your bank account every time you reach £25.

It has been estimated that an average family could save as much as £500 a year, simply by using thisiscashback for their normal spending on bills, groceries, clothing, holidays and furniture.

You can also earn an extra £5 each time you refer a friend who also reaches the £25 cashback target.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

STEP 1: Go to www.thisiscashback.co.uk.

STEP 2: Click on the "Register free" button, then type in your email address and set a password.

STEP 3: You will receive an email confirming your new account has been credited with £5 for joining.

STEP 4: Start shopping and earn cashback.

STEP 5: Once you have been registered as a member, you can update your profile to choose whether cashback is paid through PayPal or straight into your bank account.