# Church of England rolls out cashless giving

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/21/church-england-rolls-cashless-giving/
- Published: 2018-03-21T06:59:02+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Church of England is making contactless, virtual terminal, and SMS mobile 
payments available throughout England, it has announced.**

Over 16,000 churches, cathedrals, and religious sites will have access to portable
card readers through the Church of England’s Parish Buying portal under a partnership
with [SumUp](https://sumup.co.uk/) and [iZettle](https://www.izettle.com/gb), [following a trial](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/07/03/church-england-announces-contactless-donations-trial/)
which began in summer 2017 in cathedrals and parish churches. The partnership will
allow them to offer cashless payment options for events including weddings, christenings,
church fetes and concerts, as well as for making one-off donations and the booking
of churches and halls.

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Technology facilitating charitable donations on a self-service basis, including 
passing around a reader for the collection, continues to be trialed and is expected
to be launched in the second phase of the project.

John Preston, National Stewardship Officer of the Church of England said:

> “There is a clear need for our parishes to introduce card and contactless facilities
> and we are excited to make this available through Parish Buying. How we pay for
> things is changing fast, especially for younger church-goers, who no longer carry
> cash, and we want all generations to be able to make the most of their place of
> worship.
> “Installing this technology does mean that one-off fees can be done via card, 
> as can making one-off donations. The vast bulk of regular giving will continue
> to be done by standing order as we continue our trial with various technologies.”

Main image: St Aiden, Bamburgh, Newcastle.

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