Innovative ‘Tap to Donate’ donation scheme to help homeless unveiled in Bedford

You can give £3 per tap
By Clare Turner
Published 17th Nov 2021, 11:17 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2021, 11:47 BST
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Bedford is launching its first Tap to Donate machine to support the homeless.

The donation machine will be accessible for the general public to give a sum of £3 per tap to Bedford’s Real Change Fund

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Money from the machine will be used by Bedford Homeless Partnership to support homeless people.

The Tap to Donate machine will be in the front window of IMPAKT Interiors in The ArcadeThe Tap to Donate machine will be in the front window of IMPAKT Interiors in The Arcade
The Tap to Donate machine will be in the front window of IMPAKT Interiors in The Arcade

The machine - in the front window of IMPAKT Interiors in The Arcade - is accessible from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday and between 11am and 4pm on Sunday.

Angela Foll, chair of Bedford Homeless Partnership, said: ‘’We hope that by introducing the Tap to Donate machine this will increase the funds for our charities to help run their much-needed services whilst promoting awareness about our partnership and the charities who operate within it."

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