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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

    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

    Thanks to your pennies, men like Guy have somewhere to go to talk about prostate cancer

    Donating a few ‘electronic pennies’ in an Adnams Cellar & Kitchen store may not seem like much, but this small change is already adding up to help to fund services for men with prostate cancer. It’s only been a few months but customers have rounded up over 20,000 times, raising more than £6000 for their [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged CSR, electronic charity box, fundraising, fundraising ideas for prostate cancer, innovative ideas, micro-donations, movember, Pennies, prostate cancer

    200K donations in a few months helps grant the wishes of seriously ill children like Samuel

    One of the reasons why Pennies is popular with retailers is because it allows their customers to join in with raising funds for a charity partner, making them feel good about shopping in their stores. Towards the end of last year The Fragrance Shop launched their ‘Spray a little happiness campaign’, promising to donate 5p [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged children's charity, CSR, electronic charity box, fundraising for seriously ill children, fundraising for sick kids, innovative fundraising, microdonations, Pennies, The Pennies Foundation, wish granting charities

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