# 8.  Using donation tins and buckets

You can buy donation tins and buckets online, or make your own of course.  Metal or plastic coffee or hot chocolate containers work well, with a slot in the top and some paper wrapped around and decorated. 

It is best to get one with a chain and small carabiner (or add this yourself) so it can be anchored to a table.  
These can then be used at all your events and meetings to collect cash.  

You might prefer to count the cash as a pair of rebels at the end of the session so there are no misunderstandings about the amount collected and who has taken it to bank/look after.

Lots of people do not carry cash these days so it is also handy to have a way of taking payments, for example: 

[Contactless/card payment devices](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/fundraising-support-for-local-groups-regions-and-nations/page/9%09using-contactlesscard-payment-devices), 

[QR codes to chuffed fundraisers](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/fundraising-support-for-local-groups-regions-and-nations/page/10%09using-chuffed-and-stripe-to-create-fundraisers-for-xr), 

[Text To Donate codes](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/fundraising-support-for-local-groups-regions-and-nations/page/11%09text-to-donate-fundraising).

Please take care not to use the XR logo (two triangles pointing at one another inside a circle) on fundraising kit as its designer has asked that it is not be used for commercial purposes).

 
[![CASH-BUCKET.png](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/CASH-BUCKET.png)](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/CASH-BUCKET.png)