We're in the final run up to Christmas now and if you've not done so already, you'll soon be thinking about the presents you need to buy.

If you're dreading Christmas shopping, do it the easy way...

Do it online and earn the Trust some money for the Keep The Mariners Afloat campaign!

More and more people are now choosing to do their shopping online, especially in the run up to Christmas. It’s quick, easy and what’s more, you don’t have to go into town and battle through the crowds for hours only to not get what you wanted anyway.

No doubt you’ve heard about the Trust’s affiliation with ‘buy.at’, a website that links you to top retailers’ websites and pays the Trust commission on every purchase you make. It costs you, the customer, absolutely nothing!! All you do is go to www.buy.at/gtst and click on a retailer directly, or enter what you want in their search engine. From there, you go to the retailer’s website and carry on as normal. Your computer knows you've been through the buy.at/gtst website and then comission is paid to the right place. Safe and simple! It’s like free money for the Trust.

‘Buy.at’ has informed the Trust of some new retailers which have recently joined them and we think these may be of interest to our members.

GAMEPLAY – “Bargain prices and free delivery from Gameplay.”

SPORT-E – “Sport-e have great savings on Nike, Adidas, Reebok and Puma.”

DFDS SEAWAYS – “Save 30% on Mini-Cruisebreaks with DFDS. Departures from Harwich and Newcastle.”

LINGUAPHONE – “100 language courses available from Linguaphone.”

Other retailers you can use through www.buy.at/gtst and earn the Trust revenue are:

Amazon / Carphone Warehouse / CD WOW / Comet / Play.com / SKY Digital / T-Mobile

The AA / Butlins / Capital One / dvd.co.uk / Haven Family Holidays / Hertz Vehicle Rental / Marks & Spencer / MFI / NTL / Powergen / RAC / Virgin.net

If you don’t intend buying anything online at the moment, please save the address in your favourites and use it when you do. There is a great diversity of retailers associated with buy.at so even if you don’t want anything now, why not just have a look by clicking on the link “over 80 retailers” on the www.buy.at/gtst homepage. Some companies will even pay money to the Trust just for a brochure request or an enquiry! Order a Capital One credit card and the Trust gets £22, or how about this... Sign up for SKY Digital and the Trust receives £50!