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Barnsley Gift Card
Barnsley is home to a fantastic mix of national brands and independent businesses. From jewellery and fashion to lifestyle, entertainment, gifts, flowers, and much more, the borough is full of shops that offer something for every occasion.
You can support local businesses by giving a Barnsley Gift Card. With a design for each of our principal towns and town centre you can choose a card that suits the person you're buying for.
The Barnsley Gift Card can be spent in over 200 venues across the borough, including independent retailers, restaurants, and well known high street chains—making it a flexible and thoughtful gift that supports Barnsley’s local economy.
You can view a full list of participating retailers on the Towns and City Gift Cards website.
How to buy a gift card
Cards can be bought online or be picked up in person and loaded with your chosen value from one of our local stockists:
The Glass Works customer service desk in Barnsley Market
Accept the Barnsley Gift Card at your business
If you run a business in Barnsley, it's quick and easy to set yourself up so you can accept the Barnsley Gift Card for purchases.
How to get set up
There's a three step set-up process to register your business to accept the Barnsley Gift Card.
Complete the Barnsley Gift Card registration form.
Sign the online merchant participation form.
Process a cardholder not present transaction through your card terminal using the details stated on the registration form.
For more information about setting up your business to accept the Barnsley Gift Card, contact us online or email placemanagement@barnsley.gov.uk.
Benefits for your business
It’s free. It doesn’t cost a business anything to be part of the programme. There are no extra set-up or on-going fees for businesses.
It introduces new customers. People that receive the gift card tend to explore more. 15% of the redemptions are with customers visiting a business for the very first time.
It brings extra spend. Customers that redeem cards spend on average 40% more than the value of the gift card. They tend to upgrade their experience, going for higher margin products.
It’s easy to implement. As the programme users the Mastercard system, it’s easy for a business to get involved. No changes are needed to software or hardware in order to accept the gift card.
It pays automatically. You'll receive the full value of the money received via your existing payment terminals.
Benefits for the customer
It offers choice. People like the fact that the cards can be used on a huge range of products and services. They offer more choice than other gift cards or vouchers.
There’s so much flexibility. You don’t have to use the full value of the card in one business. It means that people can enjoy spending at multiple businesses, over a period of 12 months.
It supports the local economy. When you buy a Barnsley Gift Card for someone you know the money is going stay local.
It works for everyone. We all have people that are difficult to buy presents for. The Barnsley Gift Card gives the choice back to the recipient, making sure they get something they really want.
It’s secure. The Barnsley Gift Card is secured by Mastercard.
