A great idea for anyone who, like me, is getting married but has been living in sin for years and so has a bottom drawer full of towels, bedding, frying pans and cut glass.

Give It allows friends and relatives to donate a sum of money to a good cause instead of buying a shoddy piece of tat that's destined for the charity shop.

MAG is one of the charities involved in the scheme.

£15 buys a Vietnamese deminer for the day. £30 pays for a childrens playground in Cambodia to be demined. Both of which are infinitely preferable to a deep fat fryer or a Royal Doulton china dog.