Counting on a successful appeal
Counting the millions of coins collected during the annual poppy appeal is a major task for the army of volunteers at The Royal British Legion. The Manchester office is one of a growing number of regional centres using SCAN COIN coin sorters to speed up the process.
 "Counting manually is a slow and laborious business with the risk of human error," explains Martin Watkins, the Royal Bristish Legion's County Manager for Greater Manchester. "SCAN COIN SC202 coin sorter is fast and accurate, sorting by denomination and separating out the inevitable foreign coins that find their way into collecting boxes. We then fill coin bags ready for banking using one of SCAN COIN's SC303 coin counters. Together they save us so much time and I can confidently say that, these days, without them we'd be completely lost."
The total amount of cash collected increases each year - the target for the 2007 appeal is over £27 million. Four years ago, as income was continuing to rise, the Legion decided to look at the options for automated coin processing and after a thorough evaluation process decided to use SCAN COIN machines. There are now 17 distributed around the country.
"As well as being robust and reliable, they are light enough to move around," says Nick Buckley, The Royal British Legion's Head of Poppy Appeal." It means we can get the most out of our investment and give as many centres as possible the chance to benefit."
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Tel: 0161 873 0500 |
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