You can help raise money for The Message at no cost to you when you shop online by using UshopUgive.com. You can access the websites of 124 different retailers including Wesley Owen, Amazon, Marks and Spencer, Lastminute.com and a number of insurance companies through UshopUgive.

When visiting www.ushopugive.com select The Message as the charity you want to support and the retailers you buy from will make a donation us. It won;t cost you any more than you would pay if you went into the shop or directly to their website.

You can also see how much commission each retailer is prepared to give; typically this is between three and ten percent. UshopUgive splits the commission on sales 50/50, keeping half for its own running costs and giving half to charity. If enough people select one particular cause, the percentage of the commission given to that charity rises to up to 90 per cent.

This was a great opportunity over those Christmas months so why not carry on for the rest of the year and help The Message every time you shop online!