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Religious organisations heavily rely on donations to keep their places of worship and ceremonies open to the public. As society shifts from cash to contactless with 15% of people in the UK no longer carrying cash at all, organisations need to think of alternative ways to collect funds and adapt to the digital age.<\/p>\n

Here are 5 different ways to encourage donations. Taking into consideration your target audience and the resources you have at hand will help you choose the right initiative for your organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Religious organisations heavily rely on donations to keep their places of worship and ceremonies open to the public. As society shifts from cash to contactless with 15% of people in the UK no longer carrying cash at all, organisations need to think of alternative ways to collect funds and adapt to the digital age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraising-advice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Fundraising Tips For Religious Organisations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"5 fantastic ways to increase fundraising for religious organisations looking for new ways to incentivise donors!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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