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Give It - Gift Lists With A Difference

At a time when many marrying couples already have most 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 offer a service that mirrors a traditional wedding list – Charity Gift List - donations are wrapped up like gifts so you 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. Charities participating in the service include Barnardo’s, Breast Cancer Care, FARM-Africa, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Samaritans, Save the Children and many others – charities are selected to provide great choices for couples and guests and to continue to develop different gift lists. Couples select a group of charities, such as the ‘Make a Difference in Africa’ list or ‘The Pink List’; guests select a donation to the charity of their choice.

Everything’s been kept simple and online and it’s easy for couples to check up on donations made and messages left by your guests. There are no charges for couples, no minimum total expected and there are 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.

For more information, visit the website at www.giveit.co.uk.