So, it's almost your birthday, and you want a load of freebies to celebrate the occasion? Well, don't worry as we've got the most up to date list of freebies available to birthday boys and girls on the internet. We've tried to stick to offers available nationwide, but plenty of local restaurants and cafes will also have birthday offers, so pop them in the comments below.

Totally Free Freebies

Ed’s Easy Diner: free shake (no purchase necessary) just sign up to Ed’s club online and you’ll get an email the week before your birthday, expiry date is on the email.

Greggs: free sweet treat (cupcake, cream cake or doughnut) when you download the Greggs app- it’ll appear in the Rewards section of the app on your birthday and is valid for one calendar month.

Millie’s Cookies: sign up to the mailing list and they’ll email you a voucher for a free cookie.

Krispy Kreme: become a Friend of Krispy Kreme and get a free original glazed doughnut straight away, AND they’ll email you with a voucher for another free doughnut for your birthday.

The Body Shop: free £5 spend in the month of your birthday if you've got a Love Your Body card. The card is now FREE (was £5 a year), so even if you never shop at The Body Shop you can get a totally free lip balm, soap or hand cream.

Paperchase: free £5 voucher to spend within two weeks of your birthday when you sign up for a free Treat Me card (no purchase necessary) and register it online.

Patisserie Valerie: join the Cake Club and get a free cake on your b-day. Why don't you come on over (Patisserie) Valerie?

Debenhams: free Benefit brow wax within four weeks of your birthday for Debenhams BeautyCard holders.

Boost Juice Bars: a free juice/smoothie on your birthday for Vibe card members (pick up a card in store).

Barburrito: pick up a Burritometer loyalty card in store, register it online and you’ll be emailed a voucher for a free burrito on your birthday.

Table Table: get a Tasty Rewards card from the restaurant and you'll get a free main meal on your birthday. Yum!

Space NK: N.Dulge members get emailed a voucher for a free gift, you can either add it to an online order or print it off and take it in store to get it 100% free.

Shepherd's Neame pubs: sign up to the Birthday Club to get a voucher for a free meal through the post about two weeks before your birthday, it makes the cheapest meal in your order free, but you could go alone and get a 100% free meal.

Yorkshire Tea: friends of Yorkshire Tea get a free gold tea bag and a card on their birthday - sign up here, proof that you get a freebie here.

Benugo: free coffee when you sign up to its newsletter, and another on your birthday! There are locations all around London, and one in Birmingham.

Hungry Horse: sign up to the newsletter and you'll get a £5 voucher straight away and before your birthday you'll get a voucher where you can choose from one of the following freebies:

• A cocktail pitcher to share with friends, worth up to £8.99 (choose from Woo Woo, Red Stag, Oasis Berry Escape), or
• A (four pint) pitcher of Carlsberg lager to enjoy with friends, worth up to £10 minimum, or
• A family soft drink sharer, which includes up to 5 soft drinks when you buy a sharers or 2 main courses from the main menu (22oz Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Schweppes Lemonade, 20oz Oasis [all draught] or Coke Zero 330ml bottle).

Marks & Spencers: we've heard a rumour that M&S Sparks card members get a free £5 spend added to the card on their birthday. Sign up for a card and wait to be emailed!

Ikea – An IKEA Family Card is a great addition to your loyalty cards. You get members prices on loads of items, exclusive monthly in store offers, a free tea or coffee in store Monday to Friday, an extra 10% off sales and a £5 voucher on your birthday that requires no minimum spend.

Pets At Home – Pets At Home offers a unique freebie not on your birthday but your pet’s birthday. If you sign up to their VIP club mailing list they send a voucher on your pet’s birthday that can be redeemed in store for a free treat. Being a part of the VIP club also gets you a 10% off welcome code and a further book of 10% off vouchers once you’ve spent the first voucher in store.

Freebies with purchase

Morrisons: If you have a More card and shop at Morrisons on your birthday you'll get a free birthday voucher, we've heard conflicting reports of what you get, but apparently you'll receive a £2 bunch of flowers if you're female or a bar of chocolate if you're male.

Las Iguanas: free main meal when another is purchased for people signed up to the L.I. mailing list (print off the voucher).

Yo! Sushi: 1/3rd off your bill and a free bottle of prosecco when you book for 4 or more people at selected restaurants (lists them at the bottom of the email). Sign up to the Yo! mailing list.

Cafe Rouge: free bottle of bubbly for newsletter subscribers when they eat at Cafe Rouge on their birthday, they’ll email you a voucher to print off before the big day.

Frankie & Benny’s: get a free main meal when someone else buys one for three weeks either side of your birthday (not valid on a Monday 5pm-11pm). Just print off the voucher you get for being signed up F&B Rewards.

TGI Friday’s: various freebies when you go to TGI’s for your birthday meal, there are different offers available at different times - it could be free desserts or free drinks. Just sign up to its newsletter to get your voucher.

ASK Italian: voucher for £20 off a £50 spend for email subscribers on their birthday (can vary).

Strada: free bottle of fizz when you have you birthday meal at Strada. Sign up to its newsletter to get your voucher.

La Tasca: free bottle of Cava when you spend £30 two weeks either side of your birthday at La Tasca. You need to book ahead of time in the birthday boy/girl’s name.

Pizza Express: free bottle of Prosecco when you dine at Pizza Express on your birthday. Sign up to its newsletter to get this offer.

Jamie’s Italian: free bottle of bubbly for Gold Club members (free to get, pick up your card in the restaurant).

Chimichanga: free bottle of house wine when you spend £20 on your birthday (sign up to the newsletter).

Prezzo: free bottle of prosecco when you spend £20 on your birthday for Prezzo’s newsletter subscribers.

Toby Carvery: get a free Sundae when you order a carvery meal, just sign up to its newsletter.

Harvester: free Sundae when you order a main meal within 28 days of your birthday. Just print off the voucher you receive via email.

All Bar One: free bottle of champagne when four or more people order a main meal. Sign up to its newsletter to get this offer.

Loch Fyne: free glass of champagne with your meal, and £10 off £30 as soon as you sign up - you need to sign up for the newsletter at least 2 weeks before your birthday to get your freebie.

Giraffe: free bottle of Prosecco for email subscribers when you spend £30+ after any discounts.

Zizzi: a free main meal when two or more people dine, or a free bottle of Prosecco if four or more people eat - sign up to their newsletter to get a voucher for these offers.

Beefeater Grill: Sign up to the Beefeater Grill ‘Reward Club’ to get a free meal on your birthday. You can activate your membership online or via the app which also gains you 300 free points. The offer entitles you to have the cheapest meal on the bill free, on or around your birthday, if dining with a ‘co-eater’. You can also collect 5 points to every £1 you spend throughout the year to swap for money off of your bill.

Brewers Fayre: Pick up a card in one of the participating pubs and register online to become a member of the Brewers Fayre ‘Bonus Club’. Members of the Bonus Club get a free main meal on their birthday. The offer entitles you to have the cheapest meal on the bill free, on or around your birthday, if dining with a ‘co-eater’.You can also collect 5 points to every £1 you spend throughout the year to swap for money off of your bill.

Chef & Brewer: Join the Chef & Brewer email club and you will receive a voucher for 20% off your total food bill when you spend between £20 & £80 on food only. Also upon signing up you get a voucher for a free starter or pudding to use another time.

Miller & Carter: Miller & Carter offer rewards to people who sign up to their newsletter. The introductory offer is a free 175ml glass of wine and the birthday offer entitles you and three or more guests to a free bottle of prosecco when you order mains.

Coast to Coast: Sign up to Coast to Coast’s ‘Birthday Club’ to receive a birthday surprise straight to your inbox. The ‘surprise’ is a voucher for a free main meal or cocktail. They send out the vouchers at the beginning of each month and they are valid for the whole month of your birthday.

Nicholson’s: Sign up to Nicholson’s mailing list and you get a double whammy; 25% of your next bill and, a free pint of Nicholson’s Pale Ale or a Gin & Tonic with any food or drink order on your birthday.

ASOS: ASOS have an all-year-round points-based rewards scheme the ‘A-List’ that also benefits its members on their birthday. If you have an ASOS account and make a purchase you will automatically be enrolled in the scheme, which means on your birthday you get a discount! The points system has levels depending on how much you spend, if you are level 1 or 2 you get 15% off as a birthday treat, if you are level 3 or VIP you get 20% off. This discount is valid for 3 weeks and is sent via email.

Topshop: Sign up to Topshop’s mailing list and receive a unique code in the month of your birthday to save 20% off online with no minimum spend. Don’t forget that throughout the year you can get 10% student discount online and in store.

Topman: Sign up to Topman’s mailing list and receive a unique code to save 15% off on your birthday online with no minimum spend. Don’t forget that throughout the year you can get 10% student discount online and in store.

New Look: Signing up to Newlook’s email newsletter gets you a welcome reward as well as a birthday bonus. All new sign-up’s get a 20% discount code to use with their first purchase and then a second 20% off code to be used within 3 weeks of your birthday.

Oasis: Oasis offers a 10% discount code to all newsletter subscribers on their birthdays.The voucher is valid for 2 weeks after your birthday and can be used online or in store with no minimum spend.

Disney Store: Disney gives all its online members 15% off throughout the entire month of their birthday to spend online or in store.

Jong Leurs: Jong Leurs Comedy Clubs offer a birthday discount on ticket prices for those signed-up to its mailing list. Instead of paying £12-£19 per ticket you will pay just £9 for not only your ticket but your mates’ as well.

Update

For my birthday in May 2016 I went out and got a freebies haul! Unfortunately I couldn't pick up any of the foodie freebies, but I got quite a lot of other free stuff.

I managed to pick up:

• A Benefit brow wax from Debenhams worth £12.50.
• A pack of thank you cards from Paperchase - I only paid 90p after student discount and the £5 voucher.
• Three bottles of £2.50 hand sanitizer from The Body Shop and they were on 3 for 2.
• Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Or deluxe sample free from Space NK (worth £3.90).

In total that's £28.90 worth of stuff this year - and I could have also got cookies, doughnuts, milkshakes and more too!

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