# Contactless donations revenues increase 95% YOY at Give A Little

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/02/02/contactless-donations-revenues-increase-95-yoy-at-give-a-little/
- Published: 2023-02-02T10:00:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Give A Little, which helps charities collect cashless donations, saw donation 
revenues raised through the platform increase by 95% year on year in 2022.**

5,000 charities from churches and hospices to museums and fundraising led charities
including Cancer Research UK and Oxfam have joined the Give A Little community since
it launched in 2019 and over £14.5mn has been raised through the platform so far.

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2022 in numbers:

 * 3,000 new charities joined the platform – a 50% increase year on year
 * Charities collected £8mn in cashless donations, which is 95% increase year on
   year.
 * An additional Gift Aid income of £520,500 was raised by UK charities enabling
   Gift Aid on their fundraising campaigns
 * The average donation value for charities collecting card present contactless 
   and Chip + PIN donations was £9.69and for those collecting online donations, 
   it was £38.47
 * Over 700,000 cashless donations were made through the Give A Little platform –
   an increase of 136% year on year
 * Give A Little also celebrated helping charities raise a total of £14mn since 
   the platform’s launch in 2019, and achieving its first £1mn month in December
   2022 

Ben Stewart, Give A Little MD said:

> “We would like to thank all the charities in the Give A Little community and our
> partners including CollecTin, Payaz, SumUp and Stripe for your support and dedication
> to helping us make Give A Little the best it can be. We are committed to developing
> the platform so charities can keep up with the ever changing technology driving
> the payments industry so they can continue to collect donations and carry out 
> their vital work while driving down costs.”

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May 2022

[How charities are collecting contactless donations – in tweets](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/16/how-charities-are-collecting-contactless-donations-in-tweets/)
May 2022

[Contactless donations – 4 charities share their stories](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/18/contactless-donations-4-charities-share-their-experiences/)
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