Pennies mission revolves around making a positive difference through everyday giving. This International Day of Charity, find out how you can support charities through Pennies micro-donations.
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Improving quality of life for people living with dementia
One of the charities benefiting from your pennies is the Alzheimer’s Society, which strives to improve quality of life for people living with dementia by investing in research and providing care, respite and services.
Domino’s Pizza customers make their one millionth micro-donation
Domino’s launched with Pennies in November 2010 and as our longest serving retail partner, their customers have made a significant contribution to the more than 1.6 million donations Pennies has received so far.
The Entertainer customers donate £100,000 to charity through micro-donations
Customers at The Entertainer have raised over £100,000 for charity in just six months by donating their electronic ‘spare change’. The donations, via Pennies, gained a boost in the run up to Christmas, culminating in a massive peak of nearly £13,000 raised in the pre-Christmas week.
Pennies reaches 1.5 million micro-donations
Our latest figures are in and it seems we had a fantastic end to a very successful year – as of 1st January 2012 Pennies has received over one and a half million donations.
Pennies hits one million donations in its first year as retailers and technology companies sign up
We are pleased to announce Pennies has hit one million donations as yet more retailers and technology companies join in.
Zizzi rolls out Pennies across all its restaurants
Italian restaurant chain, Zizzi, rolls out Pennies to its 118 nationwide restaurants to raise money for charity, The Prince’s Trust.
Toy shop chain The Entertainer launches Pennies on the high street
The Pennies Foundation has launched Pennies, the electronic charity box onto the UK high street for the first time with children’s toy shop, The Entertainer.
Pennies scoops Technology4Good fundraising award
The team at The Pennies Foundation is thrilled to announce that we have won our first award. Yesterday at an event in London, hosted by BT, we won the award in the ‘fundraising’ category of the Technology4Good awards (T4G).
The Pennies Foundation included in Giving White Paper
Pennies welcomes the continued attention on the topic of giving to charity. We are pleased that Pennies, the electronic charity box, is mentioned in the Government’s White Paper as an example of a successful existing micro-donation channel.
Pennies, the electronic charity box, has hit £100,000
Pennies, the electronic charity box, has hit the £100,000 milestone.
Pennies receives over 250,000 donations
UK consumers are taking to the idea of charity micro-donations, reports independent micro-donation channel, Pennies. In the four months since Pennies went live with its electronic charity box (1 November), over 250,000 consumer donations have been made through its participating partners Domino’s Pizza, Zizzi and Travelodge.
Pennies teams up with Zizzi for first ‘in-store’ launch
Micro-donations to charity continue to gain momentum as Pennies, the electronic charity box, teams up with its third retailer in two months restaurant chain, Zizzi.