£500,000 raised as Pennies donations double in six months!
May 9, 2012
£500,000 raised as Pennies donations double in six months!
By Pennies on May 9, 2012
The Pennies movement is gaining momentum as the number of consumer micro-donations made via Pennies has doubled in just six months bringing the total to two million. This has raised £500,000 supporting a growing number of UK charities.
The Pennies scheme, which launched 17 months ago, gives consumers the simple option to donate a few pence to charity with a single touch of a button when they use a debit or credit card to purchase goods and services.
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Screwfix joins forces with Pennies to boost its fundraising for Everyman
March 22, 2012
Screwfix joins forces with Pennies to boost its fundraising for Everyman
By Pennies on March 22, 2012
Screwfix customers can now donate their spare change to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer through Pennies, the electronic charity box. The trade supplier has added Pennies to their website, which lets its customers round up their total order to the nearest pound for the Everyman appeal and other UK charities.
Screwfix has been working with Everyman since 2009, raising much needed money and awareness for the appeal which was set up by The Institute of Cancer Research in 1997 …
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More online retailers embrace Pennies
March 7, 2012
More online retailers embrace Pennies
By Pennies on March 7, 2012
Charitable micro-donations have received a boost as three new online retailers add Pennies the electronic charity box to their websites. Customers of Party Pieces, BuySpares and Contact Lenses Express are now able to donate their ‘spare change’ to charity when making purchases online.
Charities benefiting from the money raised include Birmingham based John Taylor Hospice, RNIB and the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity. These retailer nominated charities receive 75% of donations with the remaining 25% shared amongst other UK charities, including Shelter, …
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Domino's Pizza customers make a million donations to charity
February 14, 2012
Domino's Pizza customers make a million donations to charity
By Pennies on February 14, 2012
Domino’s customers are all heart as they share their pennies
Domino’s customers have shown that they are all heart by rounding up the price of their orders, a cool one million times, and donating their ‘spare change’ to charity. Domino’s Pizza joined forces with The Pennies Foundation, the creators of the micro-donation scheme Pennies, the electronic charity box in November 2010 and since then customers have raised over £230,000 for UK charities.
Domino’s nominated charity, Special Olympics Great Britain, benefits from 75% …
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The Entertainer customers donate £100,000 to charity through micro-donations
January 25, 2012
The Entertainer customers donate £100,000 to charity through micro-donations
By Pennies on January 25, 2012
Customers at The Entertainer have raised over £100,000 for charity in just six months by donating their electronic ‘spare change’. The donations, made through Pennies the electronic charity box, gained a boost in the run up to Christmas, culminating in a massive peak of nearly £13,000 raised in the pre-Christmas week.
The majority of the money raised by The Entertainer is shared equally between four children’s hospitals: Liverpool’s Alder Hey Imagine Appeal; Birmingham Children’s Hospital; Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal which …
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Pennies hits one million donations in its first year as retailers and technology companies sign up
November 22, 2011
Pennies hits one million donations in its first year as retailers and technology companies sign up
By Pennies on November 22, 2011
Could 2012 be the year of the micro-donation?
Pennies, the electronic charity box, has received its one millionth micro-donation in just 12 months, raising over £250,000 from the public’s ‘spare change’ for more than 20 UK charities. Breaking new ground, Pennies is a new channel for an old habit – dropping a few coins into a charity box on a shop counter – brought up to date to give consumers the choice to round up their bills when they pay by …
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Grimsby and Cleethorpes lead the nation in new way of giving to charity
November 22, 2011
Grimsby and Cleethorpes lead the nation in new way of giving to charity
By Pennies on November 22, 2011
New community initiative allows retailers and their customers to support St Andrew’s Hospice and other local charities through Pennies, the electronic charity box
Customers paying by card in shops and businesses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes can now top up their bill by 25p and donate their ‘spare change’ electronically to St Andrew’s Hospice and other local charities. This is through a new community initiative launched today by Pennies, the electronic charity box, and Cardsave, the Grimsby-based provider of point of sale …
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Pennies, the electronic charitybox announces new partnership with Commidea
November 22, 2011
Pennies, the electronic charitybox announces new partnership with Commidea
By Pennies on November 22, 2011
Commidea today announces that it is the latest technology provider to get behind Pennies, the electronic charity box. Commidea, the UK’s leading managed service payments provider and part of the Point Group, has updated the Ocius Sentinel solution to allow its retail partners to adopt micro-donations through Pennies. This new development will make it easier for more retailers to implement Pennies across a range of distribution channels.
The announcement comes as Pennies reaches its one millionth micro-donation in just 12 months, …
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Pennies goes mobile with Simply Tap
November 22, 2011
Pennies goes mobile with Simply Tap
By Pennies on November 22, 2011
Mobile Money Network™ (MMN) is the first mobile technology partner to get behind Pennies, enabling retailers to offer their customers the opportunity to make micro-donations when they shop using their mobile phones. Consumers will be able to donate using MMN’s new Simply Tap™ mobile application with an extra tap at checkout. This means retailers are now able to support Pennies via multiple purchasing channels: in-store, online and by mobile.
Pennies, the electronic charity box, has received its one millionth micro-donation in …
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Domino's Pizza franchisees begin supporting Northern Ireland Children's Hospice
November 3, 2011
Domino's Pizza franchisees begin supporting Northern Ireland Children's Hospice
By Pennies on November 3, 2011
Domino’s Pizza franchisees in Northern Ireland have decided that charity donations made by their customers through Pennies, the electronic charity box will help a Northern Ireland charity. Customers now ordering a Domino’s Pizza online in Northern Ireland will be able to support Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice by rounding up their pizza purchase to the nearest pound. Previously Domino’s Pizza customers throughout the UK have been donating their pennies to long term partner Special Olympics GB.
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