Fiona Bruce MP visits Waitrose Sandbach to help hand out this month’s Community Matters cheques.
Fiona Bruce MP went to visit the Waitrose store in Sandbach recently to meet representatives from the local community groups receiving donations from this month’s Community Matters money Fund. Community Matters is a scheme through which £1000 is split each month between three different local charities according to the number of green tokens (given by each customer) in the chosen charities box. The charities were Whizzkids, a Cheshire charity that provides wheelchairs and other equipment of disabled children, Brushheads, Sandbach, which helps disabled people to create artwork as therapy and Winsford Grange Care Home.
Ashley Gaunt, Branch Manager at Waitrose Sandbach, says:
"Our Community Matters scheme enables us to support many worthy causes and we are delighted to play our part in helping to ensure that these local projects can continue their excellent work. In addition to raising money, Community Matters also helps these causes to raise their profiles for future fundraising, giving them the opportunity to network and build relationships with one another. It's one way in which we take an active role in the community and is an important element of our presence here in Sandbach."
He also told Fiona Bruce MP that “ From Easter we shall also be giving 250 hours of time volunteering to local charities from partners within our store and are inviting local community groups to contact us if they would like to be considered for this help.”
Next month’s Community Matters charities are Sandbach Cinema Project, Holmes Chapel and District First Responders and Cheshire Swan Study Group. Local residents can nominate their good cause for future months by collecting a leaflet from the Waitrose store.
