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    seriously ill children

    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

    Spare ‘electronic’ change helping to bring a tired looking children’s hospital to life

    Last week we shared a story about how pennies donated by customers at The Entertainer are helping Bristol Children’s Hospital to provide life-saving heart surgery to patients who are just days old. Nearly one hundred miles away, children and staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital are also benefitting from a share of the £175,000 raised via [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged children's hospitals, CSR, electronic charity box, fundraising, fundraising for sick children, micro-donations, Pennies, seriously ill children

    Donations made in Grimsby shops are helping to fund nurses at the local hospice St Andrew’s

    As the beneficiary of our first community initiative, St Andrew’s Hospice sees donations coming in every day from customers of local independent shops in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. And with it costing the hospice £8,219 each day to provide care to patients of all ages, every penny they receive is vital to keep their services running. [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged Community fundraising, electronic charity box, hospice fundraising, micro-donations, Pennies, Respite care, seriously ill children, The Pennies Foundation

    Your pennies help mums and dads of seriously ill children get the information they need to cope with a traumatic situation

    One of the important roles many charities have is to help their beneficiaries navigate an often complex maze of services. As one of the charities that shares 25% of every donation Together for Short Lives uses your pennies to ensure parents and families of children with a life limiting or terminal illness have the right [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged children's charities, Children's health, children's hospices, family support, fundraising for sick children, micro-donations, Pennies the electronic charity box, seriously ill children, The Pennies Foundation

    Your pennies help children like Darcy and her family get vital specialist care and support

    It might be hard to imagine how a few pennies can turn into hours of care for children with life-limiting illnesses. But donations made by customers of Domino’s Pizza in Northern Ireland have done just that. By choosing to round up their order and donate the change to charity, customers have raised £3000 for Northern [...]

    Posted in News | Tagged 24 hour hospice care, charities, charity fundraising, children's hospice, electronic charity box, fundraising for sick children, hospice costs, hospice services, micro-donations, Pennies, Pennies Foundation, seriously ill children

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