Formerly known as Pennies from Heaven
Microhive, the act of donating small amounts to charity, is a powerful tool for individuals and businesses to support charities and communities. While the contributions may seem modest on their own, collectively, they make a significant impact. To date Microhive has raised £9.0m by employers inviting their employees, pensioners and suppliers to donate small amounts to charity on a regular basis.
We believe in making giving easy for businesses and individuals and want to transform the way people donate to charity. The opportunities to Microhive are endless, Let’s unleash the power of small change giving and empower change one penny at a time.
If you earn £850.34 then you keep the £850 and donate the 34p to charity. The maximum amount you can give is 99p from every payslip and whilst a small ask of each of us, together we can make a big difference to our chosen charities.
We used to call the scheme, Pennies from Heaven. If you are already part of Pennies from Heaven, there is no need to do anything – the concept and operation remain the same, it just has a new name. Your micro donations will continue as before
There’s never been a more important time to take care of each other and our communities, by leveraging the collective power of many small donations, Microhive cultivates a habit of generosity, empowering individuals and businesses to become active participants in creating positive change.
Microhive is the UK’s largest micro giving scheme for employees and pensioners and to date has raised £9.0m for over 800 charities. Our partners include Aldi UK, Barclays, HSBC UK, Cadbury Schweppes, Harrods, LV=, Puregym, TUI, WHSmith and the largest UK employer the NHS. We are proud to share that NHS employees have donated £1.9m much of which has benefited NHS charities.
Yes, Microhive is a way for you to show your external stakeholders that your organisation is committed to go above and beyond to support charities and the communities it operates in.
In 2023 we launched the Microhive Pennies from Heaven Quality Mark (formerly known as Pennies from Heaven) and shared it with our winners. This mark demonstrates an organisations dedication to support society and add value to the charities and communities they care about. Working with Microhive also generates a much wider impact than the donations the charities receive. We are a Social Enterprise that wants everyone to be part of micro giving, so as employers join the Microhive family, all working together for the betterment of society, the deeper the social impact we have together. Only our Award winners can use this mark on their websites, ESG reports and other stakeholder communications.
Of course and by matching the donations made by staff employers can encourage more people to join in. We have seen some employers match the first three months of donations or add £10 to each donation in the first month.
Most UK payroll systems run the scheme such as ADP, Ceridian, iTrent, OpenPeople, Oracle, SAP, Workday and Zellis. As part of our services we will support you in getting everything set up.
All staff give to the same charity (or basket of charities) nominated by the employer. The charity can be any UK registered charity including NHS charities.
The concept of Microhive is centred on collaboration, whilst individuals give a little amount, together we make a big difference for good causes.
Setting up Microhive is simple, and we are here to guide you. Once we have issued you a license to operate the scheme, you would need to:
We have launched in as little as five days.
Yes, you can choose any charity to benefit from the donations.
Yes, you can change the benefiting charities annually.
More and more charities are contacting us about this very subject! As all benefiting charities are chosen by the employers and their staff you can actively speak to your corporate supporters base about Microhive. Get in touch and we will be happy to provide you with tools and advice on how to do this.
Most of our employers run Microhive and Payroll Giving as they represent different types of giving. If an individual want to choose a specific charity and give more, then Payroll Giving is the perfect choice. Most employers want to ensure that all staff can be part of a work based giving scheme and this is what Microhive provides.
Microhive allows the majority of employees to support charities as the individual ask is less than £1. Collectively teams can raise thousands of pounds for charity and all be part of the success.
Yes, Microhive donations are eligible for Gift Aid. This can be claimed annually or when charities change.
Microhive will agree a modest fee for the license to run the scheme to not only cover the costs of the services we provide but also support us to continue our charitable work. As a Social Enterprise, our employers realise the scheme can accomplish more by working together than acting alone. We are on a mission to grow micro-giving across the UK and our fees enable us to do this. Without employers recognising the value we bring to the wider charitable sector Microhive would cease, costing the charity sector ~£800,000 a year of donations. The fee will depend on the level of services provided and the number of employees. Microhive receives no other income and does not charge the charities anything.
We are a restless fundraising company on a mission to champion the collective power of giving pennies, not pounds. We want to grow micro-giving across the UK and show everyone how easy it is to collectively make a difference. As part of our ongoing commitment to innovation and growth, we’ve decided to rebrand ourselves to better align with our vision and values. We wanted our name to be unique, adaptable, portray a sense of community and momentum and bring in the micro giving element and felt that the name Microhive better reflected this.
Microhive is our new trading name. Pennies from Heaven Fundraising Limited and Pennies from Heaven Distribution Limited remain the company names registered at Companies House.
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