Ethical Gift Lists
 A Wedding Gift List with a Difference -
At a time when many marrying couples already have a lot of the household items they could possibly need it's good to know that many are turning to the charitable option. Give It, a not-for-profit company, operate a series of charitable gift lists including The Alternative Wedding List, a simple to use online wedding list service, where instead of toasters and kettles, couples sign-up to a list that contains gifts of donations to various charities.
Give It,
www.giveit.co.uk
offer a service that mirrors a traditional wedding list - donations are wrapped up like gifts so you and your guests can see what a particular donation could fund for each charity and a gift list is made up of donations to a variety of charities.
The variety of great charities on the service provides plenty of options for couples and guests; couples select a group of charities, guests logon to the couples list and select a donation to the charity of their choice from that list, meaning guests have a choice of charities to donate to rather than just one.
Gifts range in price from £10 upwards. Example gifts include:
£27 pays for a gift to Sight Savers International to allow them to pay for a cataract operation for a child in Nigeria, while £50 would buy a gift to Save the Children to allow them to buy a set of winter clothes for a child in Serbia.
For £20 guests could cover the costs of a Marie Curie Cancer Care nurse for an hour in the home, or for £100 choose to buy a gift enabling Barnardo's to pay for an activity day for children living with HIV.
Gifts of donations of a variety of values to more charities including Breast Cancer Care, British Heart Foundation, FARM-Africa, PDSA, Samaritans, Terrence Higgins Trust, War on Want and many others are included on the various lists available.
Everything's been kept simple and online - couples can logon to their list to view donations and messages from guests and can download details onto a PDF at any time. You'll then receive a final certificate confirming total donations to each charity. There are no charges for couples, no minimum total expected and no hidden costs for guests - every penny they spend goes to the charities and all the costs of the service are covered by the Gift Aid reclaimed on donations made.
The service is designed for couples who may not initially consider using their wedding to generate funds for charities. Give It make this an easy option by providing ready-made gift lists containing a range of charities for guests to choose from, a simple and secure online service and the knowledge that using the service will make a difference.
You can use it as your only wedding list or, as many couples now have two or more gift lists, use it alongside a traditional list and send the details to as few, or as many, of your guests as you feel appropriate - it's your day so do it your way.
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