# Pennies Awards 2026 open for entries, celebrating micro-donation champions

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/07/30/pennies-awards-2026-open-for-entries-celebrating-micro-donation-champions/
- Published: 2026-07-30T16:30:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Micro-donation charity Pennies has opened entries for its 2026 Awards. These recognise
the merchants, technology partners, charities and individuals who are helping to
turn small, spare-change donations into significant charitable impact across the
UK and beyond.**

Now in its seventh year, the awards will be presented on **Wednesday 4 November**
across six categories. The deadline for entries is **Wednesday 26 August 2026**.
Anyone partnered with [Pennies](https://fundraising.co.uk/tag/pennies-foundation/),
or who has worked with the charity to advance the micro-donation movement, is invited
to apply, and organisations may enter multiple categories with a separate submission
for each.

## Award categories

This year’s categories include the **Merchant Impact Award (Worldpay)** for a long-
standing merchant driving measurable growth in donations; the **Technology Impact
Award (Nashtech)** for a product or integration that enhances micro-giving; and 
the **Merchant Breakthrough Award (Taggstar)** for newer partners who have made 
an early impact within their first 12 months.

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**The Power of Partnership Award (Intuit)** recognises non-merchant, non-tech collaborations
delivering results, while the **Unsung Hero Award (Experian)** honours individuals
or teams working behind the scenes. A sixth category, the **Outstanding Achievement
Award**, is not open to nominations; its winner is instead drawn from the strongest
applications to the first three awards.

Pennies has itself also been shortlisted in four categories at the Charity Times
Awards 2026, recognising its work making digital giving simple and accessible.

In November 2025 the organisation marked its 15th anniversary at its annual Autumn
Celebration in London, having facilitated £75 million in micro-donations to date.

## Microdonation week

![Microdonation Week logo](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2026/07/microdonation-
week-2026@2x.png)

Image: Pennies

Next month Pennies will be highlighting the power and potential of microdonations
in [Microdonation Week](https://pennies.org.uk/micro-donation-week), which runs 
from 31 August to 6 September.

Full details and the entry form for the awards are available on the [Pennies](https://pennies.org.uk/pennies-awards/)
website.

 * **[Fifth annual Pennies Awards opens for nominations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/06/27/fifth-annual-pennies-awards-open-for-nominations/)(
   27 June 2024)
 * **[The Entertainer hits £1mn mark with Pennies partnership](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/02/entertainer-hits-1m-mark-pennies-partnership/)(
   2 December 2015)
 * **[New digital platform raises microdonations from social media posts](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/01/14/new-digital-platform-raises-microdonations-from-social-media-posts/)(
   14 January 2021)**