Since 2013, The Fragrance Shop, a dedicated merchant partner of Pennies, has raised over £230K for Rays of Sunshine, with a remarkable £60K donated to the charity just last year.
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Discover the latest news from Pennies in our Content Hub, explore partner success and charity impact stories, and find the latest research and thought-leadership on micro-donations and unlocking tech for good.
The Customer Experience: are you offering enough?
One of the drivers of current changes across retail and hospitality are customers themselves, increasingly going digital, expecting a transparent and ethical stance from businesses, and wanting more personal choice in how and when they shop.
Your pennies help Maggie’s provide parents with expert care and bereavement support
Diners at Drake & Morgan bars and restaurants have had the opportunity to add a 50p donation to their bill when paying by card since 2013.
Guest Blog: World Alzheimer’s Month
Guest bloggers Alzheimer’s Research UK tell us how your pennies donations have made a difference for people like Vicky this World Alzheimer’s Month.
Al Lukies: micro-donations’ time is now, and the paytech sector has big role to play
The UK’s payment technology industry has a large part to play in the fast-growing micro-donations movement with the “climate right for the payments industry to be a big player in improving lives”, say Al Lukies CBE.
4 in 10 consumers stop using shops considered ‘not ethical’, finds fintech charity Pennies
40% of 2,025 UK consumers revealed they have stopped shopping at retailers they considered not to have an ethical stance, found fintech charity Pennies in a recent survey.
Another year of technology innovation: The 2017/18 Impact Report
Read how we are unlocking millions of donations for charities and deepening the impact of the micro-donation movement in the Pennies Impact Report 2017/18.
Voisins customers choose Jersey Hospice Care for three years running
Since June 2016 customers shopping at Voisins in Jersey, have had an opportunity each year to select the stores chosen charity partners. The people of Jersey have collectively chosen Jersey Hospice Care for three years consecutively.
Your pennies have meant that Bloodhound Doberman cross, Ella, has had a successful year protecting the rhinos
Medivet have been raising vital funds for The Wilderness Foundation via Pennies since May 2015. Since then, card-paying customers have been offered the option to donate a few pence when paying by card in Medivet veterinary practices, in support of the Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative, helping fund projects designed to counter the rhino poaching crisis is South Africa.
A toast to donations helping The Royal British Legion transform lives
Suffolk-based brewer Adnams chose The Royal British Legion as their beneficiary for three months from November 2017. Customers shopping in Adnams’ stores and online rounded up purchases via Pennies in their thousands, to support the Legion’s work.
Verifone and Pennies collaboration named Best Payment Partnership
Verifone’s partnership with Pennies, which has raised more than £1.9 million for charities since 2011, was commended for its innovative approach to customer engagement at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards 2018 in Berlin.
Guest Blog: Combining the power of digital giving with omnichannel payments
Payments solution provider Optomany is one of the organisations helping Pennies make charitable giving affordable, impactful and feel-good. For our latest ‘Viewpoint’ blog, we asked them to share their Pennies story.
Topps Tiles raises £250,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support with Pennies
Customers from Topps Tiles have donated £250,000 to Macmillan Cancer Support through the digital charity box since 2016. If those donations were made up of physical pennies, there would be enough pennies to tile The Shard, four times over!