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    Pennies, the electronic charity box, shortlisted for national award

    Among The Charity Awards shortlist announced on Tuesday 7 May is an electronic charity box, which offers people the option to add a small donation when paying by card either by rounding up their bill to the nearest pound or by adding a fixed amount of pennies. The Charity Awards are one of the sector’s [...]

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    Small change adds up to online support for carers like Sherry and Terry

    For the first two years after Pennies launched in November 2010, Carers UK has been one of ten charities to benefit from a share of 25% of every donation. Since the end of the last year, the charity has continued to receive donations from some of our retail partners, using these pennies to help support [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged CSR, digital giving, electronic donations, microdonations, Pennies, Respite care, support for carers | Leave a response

    One million donations made so far at The Entertainer have helped to improve services for children in hospital

    Donating a few pennies when you pay by card at the till point may not seem like much but to children sitting in hospital beds around the country this small action is making a huge difference. Since August 2011 customers paying by card in the Entertainer toyshop stores have been happily popping their virtual spare [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged CSR, digital giving, electronic charity box, fundraising for sick kids, health services, micro-donations, raising money for children's hospitals | Leave a response

    See how your pennies are helping siblings of seriously ill children this Children’s Hospice Week

    Many donations made via Pennies help support children with health problems and their families. One of the charities that has benefited from donations since Pennies first began is Together for Short Lives, the organisation for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. Donations that have been made through Pennies have added up to nearly £25,000 [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged children's hospice, electronic charity box, fundraising for seriously ill children, hospice care, innovative fundraising, life-limiting illness, Pennies, Respite care

    Nearly 20 days of support for parents like Sandra and Doug thanks to your donations

    This time last year, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity were nominated by a second online company to benefit from donations made by customers at the checkout. Together with Barracudas customers, people shopping online with Party Pieces have been donating their pennies to help the charity support families of children with serious illnesses. Thanks to these donations, [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged children's charities, CSR, electronic charity box, fundraising for sick children, online donation, Pennies, seriously ill children

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