# Institute of Fundraising asks for views on future of cheques

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/05/03/institute-fundraising-asks-views-future-cheques/
- Published: 2012-05-03T09:41:25+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Institute of Fundraising is asking its members to contribute their views on 
the future of cheques as a donation method. It is running a short online survey.

Last year the Institute of Fundraising and other bodies succeeded in persuading 
the Payments Council to overturn its original recommendation to abolish the cheque
in 2018. Many charities still receive substantial income in donations sent in by
cheque.

Of course, the use of the cheque is in decline. In the UK, 11 million cheques were
used each day in 1990 but by 2009 this had dropped to 3.5 million a day. Usage is
continuing to drop by 10% per year.

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The Institute of Fundraising is working with charity payments specialist Rapidata
Services plc to explore the issues and challenges still facing charities who rely
on donations by cheque. It will report its findings to the Payments Council and 
relevant Government Departments to ensure that charities’ voices continue to be 
heard in policy discussions on the issue. The Institute says that responses to the
online survey will be kept anonymous.

www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FL3MCRCZA

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