# Free point of donation software launches to cut the cost of contactless for charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/12/12/free-point-of-donation-software-launches-to-cut-the-cost-of-contactless-for-charities/
- Published: 2019-12-12T07:44:47+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**More than 400 charities have signed up to a new service that has launched to cut
the cost of setting up contactless donations.**

Digital consultancy [Caution Your Blast](https://www.cautionyourblast.com) says 
it launched the free point of donation software, called [Give A Little](https://sumup.co.uk/givealittle/),
in response to the upfront costs and transaction fees faced by charities looking
to utilise contactless donations.

Partnering with mobile payments company [SumUp](https://sumup.co.uk), Caution Your
Blast created software that can work with a SumUp payment card terminal linked with
an Android device. The firms say Give A Little enables contactless payments at a
cost of less than 20% of market-leading providers, bringing the cost of entry of
taking card payments including contactless payments, and phone-authorised transactions
to under £100.

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So far, the initiative has signed up 438 charities, and the run up to Christmas 
saw 176 sign up in November alone. More than £100,000 in donations has been taken
via Give A Little in the UK since the software was made available for download: 
almost £30,000 of which was taken in November. Almost 70% of donors have enabled
Gift Aid on their donations.

Ben Stewart, Founder, Caution Your Blast, said:

> “Charities can’t afford to invest in costly card payment systems, yet our increasingly
> cashless society means they soon won’t have a choice. We’re delighted to partner
> with SumUp to solve this issue and offer charities free, easy-to-use software 
> to step into the future and increase not only the number of donations they can
> receive, but also the amount they can raise.”

Peter de Souza, Head of Business Development (UK & IE) at SumUp added:

> “We approached Caution Your Blast because of their sector experience to develop
> a charity app, and were up and running in four months. The team has also added
> new features such as Gift Aid declaration and the ability to play videos on the
> campaign screen, which are boosting the funds being raised even further. It’s 
> an incredible initiative, especially at this time of year and the global potential
> for this technology is huge.”

The Caution Your Blast charity solution is currently being used in the UK, United
States, Ireland, Portugal and Hungary.

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