ONLINE shoppers now have the opportunity to support a Warminster based charity through the Amazon Smile initiative, a scheme which donates a sum of money from eligible items to charity.

Action on Addiction, who provide residential and day treatment in Warminster for addictions to drugs alcohol, gambling and other behaviours have joined Amazon Smile.

When shopping online at smile.amazon.co.uk, customers will get the option to select Action on Addiction as their chosen charity, and will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price of eligible products, excluding VAT, shipping fees, and returns, to the charity at no additional cost to the customer.

Graham Beech, chief executive of Action on Addiction, says: “Everyone knows someone in the grip of addiction, but when addiction takes hold everyone needs someone they can turn to for help.

"Action on Addiction’s mission is to offer the most effective treatment possible to those affected by addiction, irrespective of their ability to pay. Our ambition is to reach more people in more places and offer more individuals, families and communities the chance of help, hope and ultimately freedom from addiction.

“Anyone who signs up to AmazonSmile and nominates Action on Addiction as their chosen charity will enable us to sustain and grow the quality and effectiveness of our programmes through investment in research, training and staff development; enable us to develop new innovations in the way we treat and care for the people we work with, and above all, strengthen our ability to reach out and offer more people the life-saving treatment they need in the face of this life stopping condition.”

To learn more and begin supporting Action on Addiction through your online shopping please visit smile.amazon.co.uk.