I need a place to pay in charity coins easily/free

surfsister

Hiya My daughter is doing a charity even and has collected lots of small coins in a huge jar and so has a friend.

Anyone know where is the best place to take this to get notes or where can I pay it in bank/buildins soc? is the Post office any good qwe have accounts there but they didn't used to like counting coins.

thanks

Stephen_Leak

Firstly. I'd scrounge some of those plastic money bags and fill as many of them as you can with the standard amounts for each denomination of coin.

JohalaReewi

If the charity is local to you, they will accept the coins from you so no need to convert to notes. The charities I am involved in do! Failing that, follow Stephen's advice and get some money bags (they are usually free from high street banks) and bag the coins up.

indierocker85

What is the chairty, as Sainsburys have those coin couting machines and having counted them you can either convert to notes (at a charge) or donate to a selected charity of your choice (assuming the charity the coins are for is on the machine) then just do it that way. I think, it prints you a receipt off which you post to the charity address to inform them of your donation, so to prevent any mishaps.

surfsister

it's for marie curie cancer nurses as daughter is doing the swimathon and has been given this money as sponsorship. It's over £20 in coins and we haven't counted the other jar yet! I was going to try asda/tescos/sains but dont they take some off the money? thanks guys gals

mountainofdebt

Please don't use those machines in the supermarket.....they take 8% of the input!

hjd

Some banks - ie Barclays in Woking - have these machines and there are no charges to pay into your account with them. Just tip all the money in and let the machine count it. No rip-off charges.

MissEyre

Most banks, as long as you don't go in at lunchtime or other peak time, would take a charity donation from a child in coin-the restrictions they have on paying in coins don't apply to childrens accounts, and they are generally flexible about charity money too. To help them, having it bagged up would show you are doing your best