More ways to give

Amazon Smile

Support Link Age Southwark with every purchase at no extra cost to you using Amazon Smile. It’s a free and easy way to help us raise vital funds! Amazon Smile enables Amazon customers to donate 0.5% of the net purchase price of their shopping to a charity of their choice.

Just go to smile.amazon.co.uk on your web browser or activate AmazonSmile on the Amazon app on your iPhone or Android phone (under ‘Programmes and Features’ in the app menu). You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.co.uk on your browser to make it even easier when you return. When you’re using the mobile app, always check for the “AmazonSmile” logo to ensure you’ve activated AmazonSmile. Head to their FAQs for more information.

Shop with Amazon Smile

Easy Fundraising

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Link Age Southwark with easyfundraising?

There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.

All you need to do is:

Follow the link below and join for free.
Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Link Age Southwark at no extra cost to you whatsoever!

There are no catches or hidden charges and we are really grateful for your donations.

Shop with Easy Fundraising

Recycle 4 Charity

Dispose of your old printer inkjet cartridges through Recycle 4 Charity and help us raise much needed funds. Link Age Southwark will receive a donation of £1 per cartridge, so it’s time to shift that pesky box of empties!

You can recycle any Dell, Canon, Lexmark, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Neopost inkjet cartridge (an inkjet cartridge will have a printed circuit board on the underside of the cartridge). See a full list of accepted cartridges on the website under ‘Wanted List’.

Drop your used cartridges at our office and we will package them up - it is free for us to send them. Alternatively, we can give you A5 Recycle 4 Charity envelopes to take home and post your cartridges at leisure. Email us at [email protected] if you would like an envelope.

Recycle my old cartridges

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My experience as a volunteer

I've always worked in the NHS, mostly in paediatrics, and when I retired I wanted to do something equally rewarding but different so when I found that Link Age Southwark (Dulwich Helpline as it was then) was looking for befrienders for the elderly I thought this sounded exactly what I was looking for. Read more