The service works the same as any other online wedding list: Couples register online and send their guests details of where their list is held. Guests can then logon to the couples list, select a gift from the wide choice available, pay via a secure payment link and receive a receipt for their purchase. Couples in turn can logon to their list to view purchases and messages from guests, and then receive a final certificate confirming how much their guests donated to each charity.

Gifts range in price from £25 upwards. Each gift purchased represents a donation to the charity whose gift a guest has selected. For example, £27 pays for a gift to Sight Savers International to allow them to pay for a cataract operation for a child in Bangladesh, while £50 would buy a gift to Save the Children to allow them to buy a set of winter clothes for a child in Serbia.

More charities are joining the service as we grow, providing couples with choices of different lists containing different charities. Furthermore The Alternative Wedding List is working with YourDreamShaadi.co.uk to channel funds to worthy charitable causes in the Indian Sub Continent, which will be close to many Asian brides and grooms hearts.

Signing up to this unique service does not mean that you have to forgo wedding gifts, rather you can complement your conventional wedding gift registries with this fantastic and noble service so that others less fortunate than yourself benefit from the joy of your wedding celebrations. For further details, please visit www.thealternativeweddinglist.co.uk