Chuggers get data transmission boost

By Hannah Jordan, Third Sector Online, 24 April 2008

A street fundraising agency will give its chuggers hand-held computers to record donor details in a bid to improve accuracy and speed up the process of signing up supporters.

Gift Fundraising, a commercial agency that carries out face-to-face fundraising for charities in the UK and Ireland, is issuing its street fundraisers with personal digital assistants that will transmit data immediately to the charity’s database. The company hopes the new system will improve accuracy and reassure potential donors wary of...

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