Euro introduction offers fundraising opportunity
Howard Lake | 25 February 2001 | News
The introduction of the Euro in Ireland on 9 February 2002 offers an once-in-a-lifetime fundraising opportunity. The Pennies from Heaven campaign hopes to persuade people to donate their current Irish coinage to charity before it ceases to become legal tender. The money will then be donated to charity.
The introduction of the Euro in Ireland on 9 February 2002 offers an once-in-a-lifetime fundraising opportunity. The Pennies from Heaven campaign hopes to persuade people to donate their current Irish coinage to charity before it ceases to become legal tender. The money will then be donated to charity.
The central bank estimates that there is around £30m in coinage stashed at homes across the country. The campaign will start five months before the introduction of the Euro.
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Read Euro to give cash boost for charities by Paul Colgan at The Sunday Times.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.