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<p>The Church recognises the need to adapt to the move away from cash towards contactless
payments. A large and fast-evolving range of contactless solutions is available through
the Church’s own Parish Buying service, with over 1,900 churches now having the means
to accept payments or donations by card or mobile phone. The Church aims to have over
half of its 16,000 churches able to take contactless payments and donations in the
next three years.</p><p>The Church of England in partnership with the Church in Wales
is working through its Parish Buying programme to negotiate competitive prices for
churches. More information on that can be found at the Parish Buying website: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2Fcategories%2Fgiving-and-payments&data=02%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cf1379cd5c6d54c494ac908d7d008aec4%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637206608062647135&sdata=GyOzM%2Ba5e6yeWdhv0BZXzE3kfgZCaKPTd%2BCpXxbaer0%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.parishbuying.org.uk/categories/giving-and-payments</a></p><p>The
Church of England has also been encouraging congregations to move to electronic planed
giving schemes. This is primarily to reduce administrative burdens on volunteers,
but at a time when churches have closed for public health reasons, electronic planned
giving ensures continuity of a regular income.</p>
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