Dear Friends At Oxford and around our Area (Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting) we are looking at ways of making communication, sharing information and holding data more secure and easier for us all to use! We already use Hallmaster for bookings at several Meeting Houses. We are looking at a piece of software called Church Suite or Charity Suite. https://churchsuite.com/ <https://churchsuite.com/> Do any of you have experience of this or a similar programme and could give us the benefit of your experience please? Particularly attractive would be systems that enable small groups to talk to each other and the streamlining of online giving. We currently do not have card readers in our local meetings and I feel we are missing out here on donations. Grateful for your help/advice! In Friendship Deb Arrowsmith Meeting House Manager Oxford Quaker Meeting House 43 St Giles Oxford OX13LW Email: office@oxfordquakers.org <mailto:office@oxfordquakers.org> 01865 557373
Hi Deb, I can't help you with the software, but taking off my Warden's hat for a moment and putting two different hats on, I can comment on the online giving and card reader questions. Experiment with Light Network (of which I'm the Treasurer) uses People's Fundraising for their online donations. It's fairly straightforward to set up, and the only cost is a percentage of takings which varies a bit depending on how the donation is made, but compares quite well with other providers. https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/home And wearing my hat of a parish church bookkeeper, the church uses a SumUp card reader - which appears to be also a popular choice with small traders (e.g. at our weekly market here in Bradford on Avon). Interestingly, the SumUp website says you'd pay 1.69% of your takings (in addition to a modest one-off charge for the card reader itself), but the church only pays 1.1%, so I guess they must have some special rate for charities. https://www.sumup.com/en-gb/card-readers/ Best wishes, Klaus Huber Resident Warden, Bradford on Avon On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:20 AM Judi Brill <judibrill@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Friends
At Oxford and around our Area (Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting) we are looking at ways of making communication, sharing information and holding data more secure and easier for us all to use!
We already use Hallmaster for bookings at several Meeting Houses. We are looking at a piece of software called Church Suite or Charity Suite. https://churchsuite.com/
Do any of you have experience of this or a similar programme and could give us the benefit of your experience please? Particularly attractive would be systems that enable small groups to talk to each other and the streamlining of online giving. We currently do not have card readers in our local meetings and I feel we are missing out here on donations.
Grateful for your help/advice!
In Friendship
Deb Arrowsmith Meeting House Manager Oxford Quaker Meeting House 43 St Giles Oxford OX13LW Email: office@oxfordquakers.org 01865 557373
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Hi All, The Sumup Solo works without needing to be linked to a mobile phone. I've used it before, though not at my meeting, which doesn't feel ready for this step. I prefer Skedda over Hallmaster. Sorry, no knowledge of Church Suite. I have used lots of other software over the years but it all depends on the detail, i.e. exact needs, what technology users are prepared to get used to, budget etc. Oliver Müller Warden Nailsworth Quaker Meeting 01453 832396 0770 883 1000 On 17/01/2023 12:27, Klaus Huber wrote:
Hi Deb,
I can't help you with the software, but taking off my Warden's hat for a moment and putting two different hats on, I can comment on the online giving and card reader questions.
Experiment with Light Network (of which I'm the Treasurer) uses People's Fundraising for their online donations. It's fairly straightforward to set up, and the only cost is a percentage of takings which varies a bit depending on how the donation is made, but compares quite well with other providers. https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/home
And wearing my hat of a parish church bookkeeper, the church uses a SumUp card reader - which appears to be also a popular choice with small traders (e.g. at our weekly market here in Bradford on Avon). Interestingly, the SumUp website says you'd pay 1.69% of your takings (in addition to a modest one-off charge for the card reader itself), but the church only pays 1.1%, so I guess they must have some special rate for charities. https://www.sumup.com/en-gb/card-readers/
Best wishes, Klaus Huber Resident Warden, Bradford on Avon
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:20 AM Judi Brill <judibrill@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Friends
At Oxford and around our Area (Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting) we are looking at ways of making communication, sharing information and holding data more secure and easier for us all to use!
We already use Hallmaster for bookings at several Meeting Houses. We are looking at a piece of software called Church Suite or Charity Suite. https://churchsuite.com/ Do any of you have experience of this or a similar programme and could give us the benefit of your experience please? Particularly attractive would be systems that enable small groups to talk to each other and the streamlining of online giving. We currently do not have card readers in our local meetings and I feel we are missing out here on donations.
Grateful for your help/advice! In Friendship Deb Arrowsmith Meeting House Manager Oxford Quaker Meeting House 43 St Giles Oxford OX13LW Email: office@oxfordquakers.org 01865 557373
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