Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, is part of Pennies Retail and Services Advisory Board – made up of industry leaders from across high-street retail and e-commerce.
On 2nd November 2021, Pennies held its annual Autumn Celebration event, hosted by BBC News presenter Sally Bundock. A hybrid event, this year’s event bought to life what social purpose can mean for business – and saw how micro-donations are changing the face of giving.
The Pennies Awards 2021 were announced at the Pennies Autumn Celebration on 2nd November. The Pennies Awards are a chance to highlight those partners who have gone above and beyond to make micro-donations matter, with the winners were chosen by a panel of industry leaders in retail, hospitality, payments and technology.
Fintech charity Pennies has attracted 40 leaders from across retail, hospitality, payment, technology to help accelerate and strengthen the ubiquity of its pioneering micro-donation movement.
Today the BBC reports on UK Finance’s survey revealing UK households are sitting on “hoards” of spare physical change that showed little chance of being spent in the next two or three months.
