Charities to benefit from innovative website for adverts

A SIGNED Tipperary hurling jersey, a wine-tasting evening and a toy owned by Munster rugby star Paul O’Connell are just some of the items available to buy on a new charity website.

Non-profit online marketplace GiveandBuy.ie operates like any other classified advertisement service, except that all the proceeds of the sale are given to the seller’s preferred charity.

Some 90% of the sale is donated to the seller’s nominated charity with the remaining 10% going to the “Friends of Kitui” charity, a voluntary group working to alleviate poverty in Kitui in Africa.