Do good. Feel good.
Pennies is an award-winning fintech charity making giving accessible, affordable and feel-good. Our digital charity box is all about giving your small change a big purpose, and making a meaningful difference.
How Pennies works
Retailers join
Give your customers the chance to make their pennies count for your chosen charity. We work closely with your payment provider to enable Pennies across multichannels, in-store, online, or app.
Customers donate
Customers are prompted by the card machine, website or app checkout to donate a few pence. It’s a yes or no choice, and neither Pennies nor the chosen charity receive any personal data.
Charities receive donations
Pennies collects and distributes the money digitally donated at the checkout. We make those pennies count for registered charities all across the UK, as chosen by the retailer.
Technology unlocks giving
Our payment and technology partners ensure retailers can enable the digital charity box, and across multi-channels. We are always keen to unlock more potential for UK charities.
£22,000,000 raised for UK charities so far
Simply giving via Pennies when shopping by card
Over 85,000,000 small change donations
made by consumers via Pennies to date
Bringing hope and friendship to blind veterans with your pennies
Between December 2014 and October 2017, Monarch Airline customers had the option to make a small donation in support of Blind Veterans UK via Pennies. Raising over £18,000 in this time, micro-donations have helped reduce isolation and offer friendship and support to people like Ken.
Caroline’s story: From dog walking to long-serving volunteer
Pennies was started by volunteers and to this day, two of our longest serving members continue to give their time for free! In celebration of #InternationalVolunteerDay, our marketing volunteer, Caroline has shared her story - from her first ever dog walking role to...
Why it works
It's simple to use
Customers see a Yes or No option on the card machine or online checkout
No added till time
Pennies is self-prompting and requires no explanation from staff
Pennies, not pounds
We know that people prefer to give in smaller amounts, but these pennies add up
It's flexible
Pennies can work across offline, online and in-app points of sale
It’s always the customer’s choice
To give or not to give, it’s always up to the customer
No data collected
There is no data collection – and therefore no charity follow up
People love the digital charity box
“Working with Pennies has been a dream. This has exponentially increased the amount of money we are capable of collecting… to give to charities.”
Gary Grant, Founder & MD, The Entertainer
“Donating to Pennies is something I do whenever the option arises and I like to think that every single penny really can make a difference.”
Domino’s customer on Facebook
“We are delighted to be working with Pennies to make this incredibly simple and effective method of donation as widely available as possible.”
Ron Kalifa, Chairman, Worldpay
“I really believe Pennies is a giving revolution and I think everybody, all charities and retailers, should get on board and get behind it.”
Karen Wallin, CEO, Special Olympics GB
Get in touch with us
If you have a question, would like to help us or want to become a partner, please get in touch using the contact form or via the details below. We will endeavour to respond to all enquiries within 5 working days:
Call: +44 (0) 20 7600 9286
Email: info@pennies.org.uk
Address:
Pennies - The Digital Charity Box
1st Floor
64 London Wall
London EC2M 5TP