St Peter & St Paul’s Church has just moved into the 21st century! Over the decades it has seen many changes in the culture of its community, and the PCC has responded to keep up with the latest developments. Recently, as a PCC , we have been concerned that we have been behind the times over methods of payments for donations, and our church does attract a lot of visitors from far afield, so we want to make it as easy as possible for them to support our amazing building.
Cash is being carried around a lot less than it used to be, so we looked into alternative means of donations to give people a choice as to how they do it. We successfully applied to the Church of England for one of a limited number of free contactless donation devices, and at the beginning of May we received and installed it. It makes donating very simple.
So now people can still donate using cash, or through a Debit card on this new machine, or using a QR Code through their phone and Gift Aid can be applied through any method. We hope that by using this clever technology we will attract greater levels of donations to maintain the astonishing building at the heart of Cattistock.