Seven new TAP for Bristol points have recently been installed, bringing the new contactless donation initiative to a wider audience across the city and providing even more opportunities to give money.

Find the new TAP points at Tesco stores on Cathedral Walk, College Green and Marlborough Street, the Ibis hotel on Explore Lane, Small Bar on King Street, BrewDog on Baldwin Street and No. 1 Harbourside. These new locations bring the total number of TAP points around the city to 20, and several more will be installed in December – we’ll be revealing their locations on the TAP for Bristol blog soon.

Since we launched the initiative in mid-September, people have ‘tapped’ their credit cards more than 1,560 times on donation points. At £3 per tap, this has raised in excess of £4,600 to help prevent homelessness and directly support those who are currently homeless in the city. The new TAP points are already having an impact, with No. 1 Harbourside’s point raising £500 in its first month.

We hope this significant increase in donation points will help the project reach its first fundraising target of £10,000 before Christmas. This will trigger the first payment to Caring in Bristol’s homelessness prevention services and allow Quartet Community Foundation to start considering grant applications to help those in immediate need.