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From sign up through to processing: Improving Gift Aid for Guildford Samaritans Guildford Samaritans work to assist anyone who’s struggling to cope by offering listening and support to people and communities in times of need. The organisation answers a call for help every six seconds and their ...

Why now is a great time to refresh your charity shop technology Nobody knows what the new normal is going to look like but that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare for a successful future. Now is a great time for picking up those projects you’ve been thinking about for a while but never seem to have the ...

Here at Wil-U, we’re carrying on as normal as much as possible. That means continuing to develop new innovative features and modules! Our most recent release included the introduction of Wil-U Customer Display. Wil-U Customer Display comes included with every Wil-U POS – but it isn’t just any old ...

In light of the current Coronavirus pandemic we want to reassure our customers, partners and resellers that Wil-U is currently operating as normal.

“What engages volunteers?” This was one of the very first questions asked of me on my return from maternity leave (once the obligatory discussions around sleep, or complete lack of, had come to an end). Within the charity retail sector, the topic of volunteer engagement is on everyone’s lips and, ...

When we started creating Wil-U we knew we wanted to try something different. Charities had been telling us for months that the outdated charity shop technology that was currently on the market wasn’t suitable. It was clunky, prone to breaking down and it was difficult and expensive to update. This ...

We’re going to be in Liverpool on 20-22 November at the Hospice UK National Conference! We’ll be showing off the latest Wil-U product, Connect. Visit us on stand 19 to find out more about Wil-U and see a demo!

How to choose the best charity till for you

Online donating is increasing year on year yet the charity retail sector is still lagging behind when it comes to updating fundraising processes. It has been almost 20 years since the first online donation but this still makes up less than 10% of total fundraising for most charities.