Digital Fundraising for Charities: using contactless for better supporter relationships

Digital donations for charity fundraising

Interactive digital donation devices and how they help charities fundraise better.

We’ve all seen a change in how we pay for goods and services.
Our payment cards are essential, and contactless is the preference for many businesses, and charities when it comes to fundraising and digital giving devices.

Consider the donation experience at the end of your supermarket shop?

For both the charity and grocer, it’s about capturing peoples’ attention; starting a relationship between donor and organization. It’s common to see token drops in many UK supermarket chains, which are designed to ask for an opinion on where shoppers want their local supermarket to focus its CSR activities, and who to support in the community.

Behavioural science studies show people give more when they feel connected with a local group or community, as well as the wish to be seen as socially active, generous or altruistic.

When offered a choice, we gain power over a cause.

We feel engaged and briefly connected with a charity.

Man shopping in the supermarket

Fundraising for a digital user experience

Apply this approach to a museum or hospital charity.

Then address another key objective of any fundraiser: How do we connect with the donor beyond an initial transaction?

A good digital giving device will give users the chance to voice their support for one of a number of projects, just like the token drop method.

By handing over power to the donor, it makes for a more interactive and memorable experience. And crucially, a good digital giving device provides opportunities for future interaction.

The Donation Station by GWD can be tailored to offer a choice of destinations where a donation ends up, and prompt the user to choose a donation amount from a typically suggested figure up to larger sums.

 

By designing an experience where various donation amounts are offered and a choice made for the destination of those funds, a charity takes its donor on a journey that stimulates the pleasure button in our brains.

We feel happy to give or support a cause and a particular initiative.

“A traditional cash donation box is always helpful for loose change.
By adding digital devices that propose different amounts, beyond the standard donation, improves the chances of larger donations considerably.”

Marek Narkiewicz, CEO GWD

Want more info?

We provide demonstrations of our Donation Station online regularly.

Get in touch to see it in action and discover more about digital giving devices.

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We help socially-minded organisations transition to digital systems, building stronger relationships through impactful products and services.

Our experience goes back two decades, with a foundation building and providing critical digital services and products for the financial services and retail industries.

With a long-proven ability to handle challenging projects and a team of trusted experts, we work hard to solve problems and deliver change that helps others.

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Attract Loop

Part of the Donation Station’s key visual design features, the Attract Loop are screensavers purposefully designed to run on a loop. Created by GWD with your input, they use visuals or photography, plus an emotive call to action, to catch the donors interest and lead them towards donation through interactive storytelling.

Customisation

The entire Donation Station is open to branding, from external display to on-screen logos, photography and your brand look and feel.

Our design support service can adapt visuals and graphics to suit your brand.

Wifi or 4G/5G Data SIM

Where you need it, the Donation Station can be supplied with Data or Wifi connectivity.

If using the device in a remote location or at an event, it’s worth considering the signal strength available – GWD can support you to ensure there’s a smooth running operation on the day.

Cause Awareness

The opportunity to engage further with donors and grow your cause awareness through messaging.

We’ve designed the user journey to allow for interactive storytelling, to capture interest and guide the donor towards this goal.

Safe & Secure

All data is transmitted with full encryption, so you can be sure that all individual donor data is safely used, in accordance with GDPR regulations.

Choice of Donations

Giving choice on where the donor wants their money to be spent empowers them further. The Donation Station asks this question and gives charities freedom to present their causes and activities as separate campaigns.

Gift Aid Up Sell

An integrated Gift Aid function on all Donation Stations helps boost fundraising a further 25%. This tax relief can be claimed from HRMC from any donor that supplies their contact details and makes a declaration, as a UK tax payer. The Donation Station is designed to encourage and secure this additional fundraising income easily, through simple reports that can be downloaded and submitted to HMRC as part of a Gift Aid claim.