Donate contactless with Tap London

Have you heard of Tap London? It's a new way to donate £3 to homeless initiatives by tapping a contactless payment card.

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What is the “Tap London” campaign? To help make it easier for Londoners to support homeless initiatives, City Hall has installed ‘Tap London’ devices across the city where you can donate £3 by tapping your contactless payment card or contactless payment device
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You might see these ‘Tap London’ points dotted around the capital, see the map of locations here, and can tap your card or contactless device as often as you like

What do you think of this way of donating, and had you heard of this before? Is this a good or bad innovation to support rough sleepers? Would you use Tap London if you saw such a device? Why or why not?

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Thanks everyone for joining in this discussion. We have shared your feedback with our colleagues in the Housing Team.

The Tap London donation points have raised over £64.000 so far. We'll keep you updated on the next steps.

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The discussion ran from 28 November 2018 - 28 February 2019

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I hadn't heard of it before but think its a great way to donate and I definately will be. I think it great way to help people not to sleep on the street.

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I hadn't heard of it before but think its a great way to donate and I definately will be. I think it great way to help people not to sleep on the street.

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Great idea as long as the money raised is used to help get people off the street, and not just help sustain their life on the street, keeping them there. Also care needs to be taken that the scheme does not attract more homeless to the area...

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Great idea as long as the money raised is used to help get people off the street, and not just help sustain their life on the street, keeping them there. Also care needs to be taken that the scheme does not attract more homeless to the area, making the problems worse. We need to be careful of unintended consequences and help reduce the scale of the problem, and help the homeless get off the street

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Simonfiona has got it right. The idea is a good one, because it proposes a London-specific means of tackling a London-specific problem. But there need to be strict controls to ensure that the money raised goes only towards the purpose for...

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Simonfiona has got it right. The idea is a good one, because it proposes a London-specific means of tackling a London-specific problem. But there need to be strict controls to ensure that the money raised goes only towards the purpose for which is is being raised - as ~Simonfonia says, no unintended consequences.

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