How many times do you open your door to a friendly face shaking a can or handing you an envelope collecting for the children in need, etc etc etc. How many times do you make them stand there while you search for your purse. Here is a tip, everytime you have a one pence in your change, keep a box just inside your front door, its surprising how that box fills up, and it doesnt matter how many collecting tins arrive at your door, you will always have something to give them immediately.