# New Amazon programme will see excess & returned items donated to charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/08/16/new-amazon-programme-will-see-excess-returned-items-donated-to-charity/
- Published: 2019-08-16T09:30:35+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Amazon has announced that it is launching a programme that will enable it to give
eligible excess and returned items to charity in both the UK and the US.**

Fulfillment by [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/) (FBA) Donations will start in
September, to enable sellers that use the Fulfillment by Amazon service to give 
helpful items that have been returned or that exist in excess to people in need.

In the UK, Amazon will be working with charities including [Newlife](https://newlifecharity.co.uk/),
[Salvation Army](https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/), and [Barnardo’s,](https://www.barnardos.org.uk/)
while in the US it is linking with [Good360](https://good360.org/), which partners
with retailers and consumer goods companies to source in demand products and distribute
them through a network of non-profits that support people in need. 

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Alice Shobe, Director, Amazon in the Community, said:

> “We know getting products into the hands of those who need them transforms lives
> and strengthens local communities. We are delighted to extend this programme to
> sellers who use our fulfilment services.”

#### More on Amazon

[Addition & NSPCC launch donation template skill for Amazon Alexa](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/14/addition-nspcc-launch-donation-template-skill-amazon-alexa/)
December 2018

[Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announces $2 billion philanthropic fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/15/amazonsmile-announces-temporary-tripling-donation-rate/)
September 2018

[AmazonSmile announces temporary tripling of donation rate](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/15/amazonsmile-announces-temporary-tripling-donation-rate/)
June 2018

 

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