# Cashless giving added to traditional charity collection boxes and buckets

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/20/cashless-giving-added-to-traditional-charity-collection-boxes-and-buckets/
- Published: 2017-04-20T13:36:08+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Charity collecting boxes can now be used to accept contactless donations thanks
to a partnership between charity collection box manufacturers Angal® and cashless
transaction provider Thyngs®.**

 

Angal’s collecting boxes and buckets will now transform the range of giving options
available to charities, whether using them at static locations such as shop counters
or at events such as street collections.

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[Thyngs](http://www.thyngs.net)‘ cashless donation solutions allow charities to 
turn physical objects like collection boxes, signage, and shop windows – and even
staff and volunteers – into instant donation points and new opportunities for supporter
engagement.

 

The collecting boxes feature labels with embedded QR/NFC technology which to make
cashless payments possible. 

 

They feature a message saying “No cash? Donate with your phone”.

 

![Smartphone and contactless charity collecting box](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
cloud/2017/04/thyngs-angal-contactless-donation-boxes-gift-amounts.jpg)

_Donors choose how much to give via smartphone_

 

Traditional collecting buckets will be able to accept donations in the following
ways:

 

 * coins and banknotes (of course)
 * credit/debit card
 * Apple Pay

 

Donations via Android Pay and PayPal will be available later this year.

 

Donors will be able to choose any amount they wish to give using their smartphones.
A Gift Aid declaration is built into the process on the smartphone, as is the option
to share their contact details with the charity.

 

Charities will be able to monitor remotely the performance of each collecting box.

 

## How much?

 

 

 

Thyngs states that this enhancement to the traditional collecting box is an “affordable
solution that pays for itself with the first £1 donation”.

 

Larger volume orders could reduce the additional cost per box/bucket to 60p.

 

In terms of processing donations there is a 2.5% fee on each cashless donation made,
plus card processing costs which will vary depending on whether charities already
have a Payment Services Provider or choose to use Thyng’s (currently Stripe).

 

Using Stripe (the more expensive option), a £5 Gift-Aided donation would therefore
cost a maximum of 39.5p, which is easily covered by the additional £1.25 Gift Aid
that can be reclaimed.

 

[Angal](http://www.angal.co.uk) managing director Lee Woodford said: “The Thyngs
technology allows Angal to pioneer a safe and secure way for our clients to accept
cashless donations. Supporters simply scan or tap their mobile phone on our collecting
boxes and can donate in less than 15 seconds. This ease of use was one of the key
reasons we joined up with Thyngs. Any boxes with the old FRSB tick logo will need
replacing soon, so now is the perfect time to upgrade.”

 

Thyngs chief executive Neil Garner added: “Our partnership with Angal means that
more charities will be able to benefit from the rise of contactless payments and
cashless giving.”

 

## Which collecting boxes?

 

![Angal cashless collecting tins and buckets](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/
2017/04/thyngs-angal-contactless-donation-boxes-buckets.jpg)

 

The Thyngs technology is available immediately for the Polybox Handbox®, Polydrum
Wedge®, and Collectors Buckets. It will be added across the rest of Angal’s product
range over the coming months.

 

Charities simply order boxes and buckets via Angal as normal, and they will arrive
with the cashless donation labels affixed.

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