Passengers at Bristol Temple Meads have donated over £4,000 to TAP for Bristol, an initiative tackling homelessness in the city, by using an electronic donation point installed at the station.

The donation point, which was installed in 2020, is located opposite the phone booths at the main station entrance and allows people to tap their contactless bank card or mobile device to donate £3, with all donations divided equally between Caring in Bristol – a local non-profit focused on homelessness prevention – and other organisations working with those who experience homelessness, such as Second Step and St Mungo’s.

A further £35,000 worth of grants have been provided to a range of charities for emergency homelessness support, with the most recent recipients being 1625 Independent People and One25. These charities support young people presenting as homeless or affected by energy poverty as well as women facing multiple disadvantages, supporting them to move from crisis to independence, respectively.