Amazon Smile

What is it?

Amazon Smile is a scheme, run by Amazon, where you can purchase goods, at no additional cost, and know that with each transaction, 0.5% of the value of the product is donated to a good cause, such as Dorset Search & Rescue.

How do we use the funds raised?

With careful management, it costs us about £25,000 per year to keep DorSAR running and be able to provide search capabilities when vulnerable people go missing in Dorset. Whilst we are able to apply for specific grants in order to purchase specialist equipment, other outgoings such as running costs, insurance and ongoing maintenance are often overlooked. We rely on funds raised through schemes such as Amazon to pay for these ongoing costs.

By shopping through Amazon, you can help DorSAR: Maintain their control vehicle and Land Rover, pay for fuel to get those vehicles to an incident, fund uniform for a newly qualified search technician, and many more things.

Getting Started

Please watch the video from Amazon to see how easy it is to shop through them, and support us...

Adding us as your chosen cause

Now you know how Amazon Smile can help support Dorset Search and Rescue, we'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to sign up and select Dorset Search & Rescue as your supported cause. Follow our simple how-to guide to get yourself setup

Step 1 - Signing Up

Go to smile.amazon.co.uk on your web browser. If you are not already logged into Amazon, you will be prompted to do so.

Step 2 - Adding Dorset Search & Rescue

You will need to search for Dorset Search and Rescue using the search box at the bottom of the page. Highlighted in green on the image below.

You then need to select Dorset Search & Rescue, which should appear at the top of the list.

Step 3 - Time to Shop!

You are now all setup to shop and support Dorset Search & Rescue. However, it is important to remember that you must shop through the Amazon Smile website. The Amazon Smile website is still the official Amazon Store but it is how Amazon tracks your purchasing and donates money to your selected cause.

We recommend going to smile.amazon.co.uk and then adding it to your bookmarks. Just remember to use the bookmark before buying anything!

You can easily double-check you are buying through Amazon Smile and supporting DorSAR by looking at the three indicators highlighted in green, in the image below.

Step 4 - Share with Friends

We'd be really grateful if you could share this page with your friends and family to help us to raise even more funds.

Dorset Search and Rescue