# AmazonSmile can now benefit any UK charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/01/amazonsmile-can-now-benefit-uk-charity/
- Published: 2018-02-01T12:51:23+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Amazon is inviting registered UK charities to join AmazonSmile, its affiliate 
marketing service that lets customers generate a donation for charity each time 
they shop on Amazon.**

Each time customers shop at [smile.amazon.co.uk](http://smile.amazon.co.uk) Amazon
will donate a percentage of the net purchase price for millions of eligible products.
There is no additional cost or charge to customers or charities for this.

Customers who shop with AmazonSmile can choose a charity to support before they 
start shopping. They can change to another charity at any time, should they wish.

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![11 UK charity logos of the first to benefit from SmileAmazon](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
cloud/2018/02/smile-amazon-uk-charities.png)

_11 charities first benefited from SmileAmazon in the UK in 2017_

AmazonSmile first launched in the USA, and then expanded to the UK in November 
2017, in time for Christmas, to benefit an initial group of 11 major charities. 
These included Cancer Research UK, The British Red Cross and The Royal British Legion.
Now, however, small and large charities can sign up to benefit form it.

Amazon would not reveal how much the scheme had raised so far for these initial 
charity participants.

![Amazon parcel boxes - Joe Ravi. Shutterstock.com](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
cloud/2015/08/amazon-parcel-boxes.jpg)

_Amazon parcel boxes – Joe Ravi, Shutterstock.com_

## How much?

In the USA alone, Amazon has donated over $69 million to charities through AmazonSmile
since its launch.
Amazon says that it will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price
of eligible products (excluding VAT, shipping fees, and returns) on AmazonSmile.

Jessica Blum, UK Manager, AmazonSmile, said: “We think our customers will love the
opportunity to support a wide variety of charities up and down the country without
having to change the way they shop.”

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## When?

AmazonSmile enrolment is open to UK charities now. To be eligible they must have
registered charity numbers and be “in good standing with the Charity Commission”
of England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

Customers will be able to search through the newly added selection of charities 
from 1 March 2018.

## How do charities enrol to receive donations?

In order to apply at [org.amazon.co.uk](http://org.amazon.co.uk) and receive donations,
the applicant must be an official representative of an eligible organisation, and
then follow these steps:

1.       Search for the charitable organisation by name or registered charity number
and then select the organisation.
2.       Create an organisation administrator 
account and accept the AmazonSmile Participation Agreement on behalf of the organisation.
3.       Verify the email address4.       Submit the organisation’s bank account
information.5.       Upload a copy of a bank statement to verify the organisation’s
bank account information.

Carmel McConnell MBE, founder of Magic Breakfast, one of the first UK charities 
to benefit from AmazonSmile, said: “The Amazon Smile team made the whole sign up
process incredibly smooth and it has enabled us to invite greater support for UK
schools where children arrive too hungry or malnourished to learn. We are really
grateful and hope other charities will register to also benefit from this generous
AmazonSmile customer initiative.”

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