2009/1/5 Andrew Cates Andrew@soschildren.org:
They do, however, need to be set up by the donor which makes it less likely people will do so.
Damn right. SOs can only be set up online for people with some types of bank accounts. I haven't done a standing order in decades and the charity I work for doesn't solicit new ones cos they are too much hassle compared to a DD.
The other thing about standing orders is that being a push rather than a pull, the charity is stuck with that account to receive the money. Alison regaled WMUKv1 with horror stories of charities maintaining a string of old accounts because there were SOs dribbling into them ...
- d.