Best birthday freebies to celebrate in style (and for free) in 2024

Celebrate with the best birthday freebies, from food to gifts to meals and drinks. Enjoy free birthday stuff all year round.

You don’t need gifts when you can get freebies for birthdays.

Happy birthday to you!

Free birthday stuff

You’ll be unlikely to get through all these freebies in your birth month alone, so here’s a top tip before you get too excited and sign up for everything! 

Essentially, each of these companies is giving you free stuff because they want your business for the rest of the year.

Let’s not kid ourselves; this is a marketing ploy. They want you to sign up for their mailing list or newsletter so they can send you details about their sale or offers for the rest of the year.

But what’s the harm in being like the Queen and having more than one birthday?

With this in mind, when signing up for the various birthday freebie offers, you could potentially change the months and be offered a range of freebies all year round. Now, that is certainly something to celebrate!

Anyway, let’s get on with the good stuff!

Free birthday gifts

Take a look at this video. which talks through some of the best birthday freebies.

 

It’s time for a treat. Make yourself feel fabulous with these free birthday gifts.

Boden – free £10 voucher

When you sign up for the Boden Grapevine newsletter (and go on to share your birth date), they will send you a free £10 voucher to spend online. Use the coupon to make a smaller purchase or put it towards a bigger treat. 

The Body Shop – free £5 voucher

Join the Love Your Body loyalty club, and you’ll receive a birthday gift. They’ll treat you with £5 worth of points (with no minimum spend).

IKEA birthday coupon (£5 voucher)

Become a Family Card member and get a £5 IKEA birthday coupon. Sign up at least 21 days before your birthday, and you’ll receive a voucher by email.

Hobbycraft birthday voucher – free £5

When you create an account, you will be sent a Hobbycraft birthday voucher on the day of your birthday. The £5 voucher can be spent in store or online and is valid for 14 days. There is no minimum spend.

Smiggle – free £5 voucher

Sign up at Smiggle to join their VIP club. When you do, you’ll get a £5 discount on a £20 spend for your child’s birthday. Plus, you’ll receive 20% off full-priced items just for signing up.

Remember, this offer expires in 30 days. To get your £5 off voucher, you need to sign up more than a month before your child’s birthday because they send out vouchers on the first of the month.

White Stuff – free £10 voucher

When you create an account with White Stuff, they send you a voucher before your birthday to spend online or in store. You also get 15% off your first full-price order when you sign up.

Matalan – free £5 voucher

Join Matalan Me for exclusive discounts and rewards. Create your account to become a member and start enjoying the benefits, including a free £5 voucher to spend on your birthday.

Iceland – free £5 voucher

An Iceland Bonus Card is a gift that keeps on giving. In addition to a £5 birthday voucher, you can use the card throughout the year. When you register online, you get a £2 welcome gift, and when you top up £20 on the card, you earn £1.

Hobbs – free candle/£20 voucher

When you create an account with Hobbs and agree to receive their newsletters, you get emailed near your birthday, offering a special treat. You will either get a Hobbs candle or a £20 voucher to use in store. You also get a 20% off code when you first sign up.

M&S Sparks – maybe a ‘free’ £5 voucher

As a member of M&S Sparks, you get rewards and treats all year round. They can offer a free £5 voucher as a Sparks birthday treat. Not everyone gets it, though; the more you shop and use the Sparks loyalty card, the more likely you are to get a free treat or even have your shopping paid for. Check the app to see if you’ve got a voucher near your birthday.

Accessorize – free treat

Join the free Accessorize treats loyalty club and you collect points each time you shop, and then collect money off vouchers. On your birthday, you’ll get another treat. 

Monsoon – free birthday gift

Become a Monsoon Reward member, and you will receive an exclusive birthday gift a few weeks before your birthday.

Space NK – free gift

Join the N.Dulge loyalty programme, and you collect 1 point for every £1 you spend. Get to 100 points, and you get a £5 voucher to spend. As your birthday arrives, they’ll treat you to an exclusive Space NK birthday gift. It’s small but better than nothing. If you spend over £1,000 a year, your birthday gift is a full-sized version.

Free birthday meals and food

Hungry? Here are the places that will give you free food on your birthday.

Greggs – free sweet treat

For a birthday treat, Greggs will give you a free cupcake, cream cake, or doughnut. Simply download and register on the Greggs app and check the Rewards tab on your birthday. You’ve got one month from your birthday to use the voucher and claim your reward.

Café Rouge – free main meal

Sign up for the Café Rouge newsletter, and you can get a free meal on your birthday when you buy another main meal at full price. Make sure you sign up well before your birthday because they’ll email you a voucher with a code about a week early. This code is good for 14 days and you need to show it in the restaurant to get your free meal.

Bella Italia – various freebies

Bella Italia offers different options. When you sign up for their newsletter, you can choose between a free bottle of Prosecco or free shot desserts. You’ll receive an email with the exclusive link around two weeks before your birthday.

Lidl – free birthday cookie

Download the Lidl Plus loyalty app and get a free cookie on your birthday. Activate the coupon before you go to the till. You’ve got three days to use it.

Hotel Chocolat – free £5 for choccies

Sign up for a Hotel Chocolat VIP.me rewards scheme, and you’ll get a coupon for £5 off when you spend £5 or more. You need to use the voucher code within 30 days. If you sign up online, you’ll also get a 15% off voucher for your next purchase.

Krispy Kreme – free doughnuts

Free doughnuts! Get a free doughnut when you sign up for Krispy Kreme rewards, then get a freebie on your birthday, plus another one for your friend. You need to use the free doughnut offer in a Krispy Kreme store (it won’t work in concessions, like Tesco).

Shopmium – free Lindt chocolates worth £5

Download the Shopmium app for free, and you’ll get a free box of Lindt chocolate worth £5 as your birthday treat. Use the code KMMMFMAT when you sign up.

Muffin Break – free muffin

Download the Muffin Break Club app. On your birthday, you’ll be able to claim a free muffin. Other Muffin Break Club member benefits include a free hot drink with every 5 hot drinks purchased.

Barburrito – free burrito

Barburrito gives you a free burrito on your birthday! Just sign up for their Barburrito Rewards app, and they’ll send you a voucher for your free burrito. Also, every time you visit and use the app, you can collect stamps which you can swap for more free food later.

Harvester – free sundae

If you sign up for the Harvester newsletter and let them know your birth date, you’ll be offered a free sundae for your birthday.

Las Iguanas – free meal

Let Iguanas know the month and year of your birth when you sign up to their mailing list, and they will offer you a free meal out. You do need to purchase another meal at the same time.

Subway – free cookie

Download the Subcard app or grab a card in store and start earning points to get freebies. And, you also get a free cookie on your birthday. 

Coast to Coast – free meal

Sign up for the Coast to Coast account (then click on Profile and add your date of birth), and you will get offered a free main meal or another birthday surprise.

Shepherd Neame pubs – free birthday meal

Enjoy a meal out at Britain’s oldest brewery. Sign up for the Shepherd Neame Birthday Club, and they’ll give you a free main meal to celebrate your birthday. You’ll get a voucher emailed around 2 weeks before your birthday, and it’s valid for a whopping 6 months. You need to purchase at least one other main meal at the same time.

Brewers Fayre – free birthday main meal

Get a loyalty card from a Brewers Fayre restaurant and join the Brewers Fayre ‘Bonus Club’. When your birthday comes around, you can enjoy a free meal (usually costing £8-£12) if you buy another main meal from their menu.

They’ll email you a voucher, which you can show at the pub to get your free meal.

Beefeater – free main meal

Grab a loyalty card from Beefeater and sign up for the Beefeater ‘Reward Club’. Around your birthday, you can get a free meal (usually priced between £9 and £21) if you buy another main meal from the menu. They will email you a voucher, which you can either print out or show on your phone at the restaurant to enjoy your free meal.

Table Table – free birthday main meal

Join Table Table’s ‘Tasty Rewards’ loyalty program and get a free meal for your birthday when you buy another main meal. They’ll send you a voucher by email, which you can show at any Table Table or Whitbread Inns restaurant to enjoy your meal.

Remember, this voucher can’t be used with other offers or discounts, including breakfast, light bites, bar snacks, Premier Inn meal deals, and any set menus like Christmas meals. Check the full terms and conditions for more details.

Free birthday drinks

The toast is on you – and the bill is on these fine establishments.

Here’s where you can get a free drink to help celebrate your birthday.

Prezzo – free bottle of prosecco

Join the Prezzo mailing list and get details about their current offers at your local restaurant. Oh, and when it’s your birthday, they’ll send you details about how to get a fizzy treat when you purchase a meal. 

Pizza Express – free bottle of prosecco

Sign up for a Pizza Express account, let them know your birth date, and they’ll email you a voucher for a free bottle of prosecco around two weeks before your birthday. You need to purchase at least two main meals to get the bottle for free. Enjoy!

TGI Fridays – free cocktail or mocktail

Download the TGI Rewards app to scan your receipts and collect free food (gotta be the Fridays® Sesame Chicken Strips)! When it comes to your birthday, they’ll send you a code a week before with details about how to claim the free cocktails or mocktails.

All Bar One – free sharing cocktail

Not only do you get a complimentary cocktail when you sign up to be a “friend” of All Bar One, but you’ll also be sent a voucher for a sharing cocktail around a week before your birthday. 

Hungry Horse – free alcoholic or soft drink

When you sign up for the Hungry Horse newsletter (make sure to do it at least 21 days before your birthday) you will get sent a voucher for a free drink. Not all drinks are included in the offer (see their T&C here).

Costa – free sweet treat

Download the Costa Coffee app and log into your Costa Club account. On your birthday, you can pick any sweet treat you like for free (as long as it’s available). Make sure to opt in to receive marketing emails from Costa as this is how you’ll receive the voucher.

Strada – free bottle of prosecco

Sign up for Strada’s newsletter, and you join their exclusive birthday club. Each year, you’ll get a birthday treat to celebrate your day.

Miller & Carter – free glasses of prosecco

Sign up for the Miller & Carter newsletter, and you’ll receive a voucher for a free 125ml glass of house prosecco for yourself and up to five friends on your birthday. Each friend must order a main course to get the deal. If you prefer, you can choose an alcohol-free cocktail instead of prosecco.

Make sure you sign up at least two weeks in advance of your birthday to receive your voucher. As an added bonus, you’ll get a free glass of wine for signing up

Nicholson’s – free pint of Nicholson’s Pale Ale or a G&T

Get yourself a free pint of Nicholson’s Pale Ale or a 25ml Bombay Sapphire gin and tonic when you sign up for the Nicholson’s newsletter. As a bigger bonus, you get a 25% off voucher when you first sign up (needs to be used within 28 days). 

Ed’s Diner – free milkshake

When you join the Club, you’ll be among the first to hear the news of exciting dishes, plus you’ll get an email near your birthday with details about how to claim your free extra thick shake! 

Vue – free box of popcorn or soft drink

Join Vue for free, and you can claim a free regular popcorn or drink when you go and see a film. 

While you’re there, use your Nectar points to watch a film for free or use Meerkat Movies for buy one get one free on cinema tickets. 

Kaspas – free shake or cake

There’s no need to sign up – just turn up. You’re able to pick a slice of cake or a milkshake from the menu as a present. You need to spend at least £6.95 and have ID to prove it’s actually your birthday.

Boost – any free drink

Get on the Boost Vibe loyalty scheme, and you get a free drink (worth £3 – £5) in the run-up to your birthday.

Free stuff for kids on their birthday

If you’ve got kids, there are some freebies to help make their day magical too.

Free birthday mention on CBeebies 

For younger kids, you can get a shout-out for their birthday on CBeebies. You need to submit a card at least three weeks in advance. 

It appears Milkshake, Disney Junior, and Nick Junior are no longer accepting birthday cards for shoutouts.

Free treat and birthday card from LEGO

For kids between 5 and 9 years old, sign them up for a free LEGO Life Magazine subscription. They will get four issues a year at absolutely no cost. Enter your kid’s birthday, and they will also receive a treat for their birthday. 

Discount at The Entertainer

Create an account with The Entertainer and sign up your child for ‘Toybox Rewards‘ (this has replaced ‘Jack’s Birthday Club’). On their birthday, you’ll get a code for 10% off an order up to £400.

You need to sign up at least three weeks before your child’s birthday to get the offer this year.

Birthday discounts

Ok, ok, so not for free, but there are a fair few places where you can get discounted goods on your birthday too.

If you’re planning to spend some money on yourself, why not get it cheaper?

Again, you’ll need to sign up to their mailing lists to get the offer sent to you.

• Boots –  get double Advantage card loyalty points for a month
• shopDisney – 15% off 
• Swagbucks – 55SB for free on your birthday. Sign up here and get a £10 welcome bonus!
• ASOS – 10% off via email
• Boohoo – 10% off
• Topshop – 20% off
• Topman – 15% off
• New Look – 20% off (add your birthday once you’re signed up)
• Nike Store – 25% off
• H&M – 25% off one item
• Cult Beauty – 15% off
• Superdrug – triple points with the Health & Beautycard 
• House of Fraser – bonus points for your birthday

Birthday freebies

Here are a few tips to make sure you take full advantage.

To make the most of the birthday freebies, don’t sign up the day before your birthday. Sign up early to give them a chance to email you about their offers.

Also, pretty much all the freebies listed come with terms and conditions, so be sure to check them out before you get too excited.

Each freebie has an expiry date as part of the terms. Some offers expire after just a few days, but others last a few months, so keep that in mind when you’re going to use it.

So, did you make it to the end? Hello if you did! Do you have any other birthday freebies we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments below.