Another way to help with your saved loose change.

Solarjunkie

Great to see people diverting their small change as savings. In many places where banks are closing faster than curtains on a cold night, small shops are desperate for change.
I used to save a £5 bag of 20p and take it to the bank but now I take it to my local corner shop instead, and they gratefully exchange it for a note. They don't even have to count it to check as they can weigh it. They have told me they are very often short of coppers and someone has to drive to the nearest bank, several miles away, and they have to pay for change.

So may be all you savers out there can help a local shop too?