£5 note shortage etc

[Mottie]

Here we have two alternatives for shopping for the over 70`s that are self isolating , a voluntary group who are given the shopping list by the over 70 (Phone) and collect cash from the voluntary organisation pay and deliver the goods and the over70 then pays by cheque to the organisation .

Yes, that’s what happens with us when we get the MIL's shopping. We are the 'voluntary organisation' for the MIL.

Write out a cheque, if the volunteer can wait for the money to clear.

With Barclays, if the volunteer has a banking app and the cheque is paid in before 4.00pm, it’s cleared by midnight the next day. https://www.barclays.co.uk/ways-to-bank/mobile-banking-services/paying-in-a-cheque/