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Card Readers That Keep Up With Your Biggest Night

Multiple Stripe S710/S700 readers, Tap to Pay collectors and QR giving working as one event

Gala dinners concentrate a year of goodwill into a few hours. GiveTap makes sure tables, auction winners and guests moved by a speech can give immediately, by card, phone or QR, while your team watches the total build live.

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Trusted by 1,000+ charities nationwide

One Night. No Missed Moment

Giving happens where the guest is, and your team sees the total build live

Donor giving by phone at a gala with the live leaderboard on screen

Multiple readers, one event total

Run several Stripe S710/S700 readers across tables and donation points, all reporting into the same event view. Add Tap to Pay phones for roaming collectors.

Live leaderboard and pledge animations

Every donation triggers on-screen animations and a real-time table leaderboard, creating a buzz in the room and inspiring more generosity.

High-value giving with confidence

Contactless, Chip & PIN and online giving in one platform, with Gift Aid capture and a clear record for finance the next morning.

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How does GiveTap work on the night?

1. Plan the Event Set-Up

Tell us guest numbers, tables and the moments you expect giving: reception, dinner, auction and after-party.

Creating a campaign in the GiveTap dashboard

2. Prepare Readers and Campaigns

Stripe S710/S700 readers, Tap to Pay collectors and QR assets are configured to your event branding and campaigns before the night, hired for the event or from your own fleet.

Two Stripe S700 card readers

3. Give in the Moment

Guests tap, insert or scan wherever they are, and the leaderboard and pledge animations keep the room engaged.

Tap to Pay donation on a phone

4. Reconcile Without the Hangover

Export by campaign and payment type, with Gift Aid data ready for your finance process.

Campaign results table in the GiveTap dashboard

Cover the Room, Not Just the Door

A single reader at the entrance misses the moment that matters: the pledge after the speech

QR Codes

No hardware. Put branded QR codes on posters, cards, screens and printed materials and donors scan and give on their own phone, with Gift Aid and recurring monthly giving built in. Best for: table cards, programmes, the big screen and the follow-up email the next morning.

Tap to Pay

Any recent iPhone or Android becomes a contactless giving point in the GiveTap app. Nothing to buy, ship or charge, so it is ideal for roaming collectors. Best for: extra roaming collectors when the pledge moment hits.

Stripe S710/S700 Card Reader

A dedicated reader for a fixed giving point or handheld use, with contactless and Chip & PIN for larger gifts, online and offline donations, and short-term hire by the week. Best for: auction settlement, pledge collection and larger gifts by Chip & PIN.

Online Donation Pages

Branded donation pages for giving after the event, with recurring monthly donations, impact messaging and Gift Aid, all reporting into the same dashboard. Best for: pre-event giving and guests who want to give again after the night.

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GiveTap on a phone, a Stripe S700 and a WisePad 3 card reader

The Stripe S710/S700, Ready for the Ballroom

A reader that works at table 42 as well as it does at the door

Fixed or Portable Use

Dock it as a countertop donation point with the optional dock (£39+VAT), or lift it off and carry it for a collection, a concert or a dinner.

Online and Offline Donations

If the Wi-Fi drops mid-collection, the reader keeps taking donations and sends them securely when it reconnects, so signal problems never stop the giving.

A 5.5" Screen Donors Understand

Your branding and suggested amounts on a bright, full-colour screen. Donors tap, insert or use Apple Pay or Google Pay without anyone explaining.

All-Day Battery

Around 15 hours of active use on a charge, so one reader covers a full day of services, a late event or back-to-back collections without hunting for sockets.

Hire a Stripe S710/S700 for £25+VAT per device per week or a WisePad 3 for £10+VAT per week, with no long-term commitment. In-person Stripe processing fees are 1.4% + 10p and the GiveTap platform fee (2.5% + VAT) applies.

Card Reader Hire
Stripe S700 card reader showing a GiveTap donation screen

£50,000+

Raised in a Single Night

One charity processed over £50,000 through GiveTap card readers in a single evening.

1,000+

Charities Helped

Proud to support 1,000+ charities, from local causes to global movements, in reaching their goals.

£15 Million+

Donations Processed

More than £15 million in contributions transformed into meaningful change for communities across the UK.

Built for £50k-in-a-Night Ambition

For events where several donation points and a live total genuinely change the result

Gala ballroom set with round tables

Gala dinners, balls and awards nights

Hundreds of guests, several readers and collectors, and a finance team that wants a clean reconciliation the next morning rather than a box of pledge cards.

Charity auctions and pledge moments

Reader points for settlement, roaming Tap to Pay collectors for the pledge and QR codes on every table, with the leaderboard on the big screen. Kidney Research UK uses GiveTap for large-scale events.

A season of events

Hire readers for a single night or run your own fleet across the year, with every event reporting into the same dashboard.

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Built for Events Giving at Scale

Gala dinners with hundreds of guests. Events using several readers or collectors at once. Auctions and pledges needing a live, shared total. Charities running a season of large events.

Not the right fit?

A small quiz night rarely needs multiple readers and a live event operation. Tell us your guest numbers and we will recommend the smallest set-up that will work.

Tell us the scale honestly when you request a demo and we will point you to the simplest option. We will be clear about what you need, and what you do not.

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Frequently asked questions

How many card readers do we need?

Most charities put a reader on each large table, with staff floating around the room carrying extra readers for pledges and auction lots.

Our venue has no reliable Wi-Fi. Will this still work?

Yes. Tap to Pay runs on the volunteer's own phone and uses its mobile signal, and QR donations happen on the donor's phone. The Stripe S700 connects over Wi-Fi, the S710 can also use 4G, and both keep taking donations offline if the connection drops, sending them securely when it reconnects.

Can we hire readers just for the night?

Yes. GiveTap clients can hire a Stripe S710/S700 for £25+VAT per device per week or a WisePad 3 for £10+VAT per week, rather than buying. Processing fees and terms are on the card readers page.

Can guests give from their tables?

Yes. QR codes on tables and in programmes let guests give from their seats, alongside roaming Tap to Pay collectors and docked reader points.

Can we see the total during the event?

Yes. Reader, Tap to Pay and QR giving report into the same platform, and the real-time leaderboard and pledge animations can go on the big screen.

How does Gift Aid work?

Donors can add a Gift Aid declaration as part of the giving flow on a QR code or donation page. Declarations are reported centrally and claims can be submitted to HMRC through GiveTap's HMRC integration.

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