Pennies

A few pennies make a big difference

Pennies is the leading charity working to protect and grow micro-donations for organisations like Cancer Research UK.

Pennies allows you to donate as little as one penny to support Cancer Research UK events at checkout, so you can do your bit without breaking the bank.

Collectively, these small donations really do add up and help us make a difference, together.

Let’s do our bit to help beat cancer sooner and save lives.

Make a difference

Runners Need sponsors Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life events Research shows nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer in their lifetime. But thanks to thousands of people who take part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life events each year, we’re getting closer to a world free from the fear of cancer.

Race for Life is Cancer Research UK’s biggest series of fundraising events. Each event is an opportunity to enjoy our great outdoors and take on a challenge while raising vital funds for a cause that’s close to all our hearts.

For a limited period of time registrants get 30% off Race for Life 2024 entry using code: RNEED24 at checkout!

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As Runners Need are proud sponsors of this year’s events, we’ve partnered with Pennies to help raise money to continue vital research through micro-donations in-store. And every penny really does count...

Why we’re supporting Race for Life events

Scientific research is a costly process, which is why working together to raise awareness and funds is crucial.

£60 could fund a PhD student for a day, developing the skills to make research breakthroughs of the future.
£170 could fund one day of a clinical trial testing innovative radiotherapy techniques to treat rare bile duct cancer.
£350 could fund an international trial aiming to improve treatment for brain tumours in children, for one day.

Learn more about Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

What is Pennies?

Pennies is an award-winning fintech charity with an important mission: to protect and grow micro-donations, ensuring people have digital ways to keep donating the small sums of money that are so vital to charities.

As a trusted leader in digital micro-donations, Pennies has created a movement that encourages giving, offers businesses a powerful way to demonstrate social purpose, helps charities make a greater impact, and gives the public a way to donate without cash, as part of their daily lives.

In an increasingly cashless society, Pennies’ ‘digital charity box’ gives customers paying by card or digital wallet a convenient way to add a small donation to their purchase, when shopping with participating retailers. Whether in-store, online or in-app, it’s a simple, affordable, data-free way to donate, with 100% of funds raised going to charity.

Millions of people are now using the digital charity box. To date, Pennies has enabled more than 100 million micro-donations, raising millions of pounds in much-needed additional income for charities in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Together, payment providers, retailers and their customers are helping hundreds of charities make a meaningful difference to the causes and communities they serve.

Because micro-donations matter, now more than ever.

For more information about Pennies please visit:

https://pennies.org.uk/

https://twitter.com/pennies_orguk

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pennies-foundation/

https://www.facebook.com/Penniesorguk/

https://www.instagram.com/pennies_orguk/

*T&Cs: Every penny you give goes to charity: 90% to support Cancer Research UK (registered charity no. England and Wales no. 1089464, Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247).) and 10% to Pennies (registered charity no. 1122489). All donations made with Pennies in our stores are non-refundable.