Hello Yes at Jesus Lane we have quite a complicated arrangement - we take cash and card reader donations into our bank account. Several Friends also have standing orders into our account which are dived equally between the four collections each month. Myself as Warden bank the cash and enter into a spreadsheet the amounts received in cash and by the card reader. A spreadsheet has been set up to calculate the total amount owed to each charity and I pay (where I can) to the charity's online donation page. In the odd case where a charity doesn’t have online giving the Treasurer makes the payment by bank transfer. The card reader is a new addition (we use Sum Up) and it has significantly increased the giving in person after meeting. In Friendship Kirsten Lavers Warden, Jesus Lane Quaker Meeting House 07545 218251 Day off Mondays
On 27 Jun 2024, at 18:34, Winchester Quaker Warden <winchesterquakerwarden@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Friends and colleagues, We would be interested to know if your Meetings donate to external charities, in which case how that is done. At Winchester we have in the past collected donations, on a regular basis, to pass on to chosen charities - cash, cheques or BACS. This created a lot of admin for the Treasurer, and now we have the added problem that our local bank (HSBS acting on behalf of CAF Bank) no longer accepts cash. What we are doing currently is invite Friends to donate to chosen charities, but not through our bank account, i.e. straight into the other charity's bank account. We do not know how many people do that, we have no idea how much money goes to the charities, and we don't know if the charities are aware that those donations are connected to our Meeting. We have recently bought a fund-raising card-reader, which can allow for donations to be earmarked for specific purposes, but we are not using it for external charities.
If any of your Meetings passes donations on to external charities, it would be great to hear about your process for that, and if it works well. Thanks very much, Lorraine
Andrew and Lorraine O'Hanlon Warden-Managers Friends' Meeting House 16 Colebrook Street Winchester SO23 9LH 01962 864184 https://winchesterquakers.org.uk <https://winchesterquakers.org.uk/> _______________________________________________ wardenship mailing list -- wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave@lists.quaker.eu.org