Four projects in Northamptonshire handed nearly £3k funding boost thanks to special community fund
Posted by rob smyth | Published: 27/06/2017
Two projects in Northamptonshire are celebrating after sharing over £2,000 in the latest payout from Central England Co-operative’s Community Dividend Fund.
Raunds Town Cricket Club and 23rd Kettering Clover Hill Scouts were handed grants, with a total of £50,000 handed out to 32 good causes across 16 counties.
Raunds Town Cricket Club has been handed £2,000 to help build new facilities that will act as a toilet for people with disabilities and a shower for female players.
Members of 23rd Kettering Clover Hill Scouts will soon be able to eat meals in luxury when out camping thanks to a near £1,000 grant for a new mess tent.
Claire Lindsay, head of fundraising and secretary at 23rd Kettering Clover Hill Scouts, said: “We would like to give a huge thanks to the Central England Cop-operative for their very kind and generous donation of £950 to enable us to purchase a brand new mess tent.
“Our group is less than two years old and has to rely on its own fundraising to purchase equipment that enables us to give the best opportunities that we can to the young people in our group.
“We are so grateful to Central England Cop-operative for enabling us to purchase this equipment, which will make a huge difference to our camping weekends.”
Grants of between £100 and £5,000 are handed out every three months to a wide range of applicants.
The fund guarantees that at least one per cent of the Society’s trading profit is reinvested in local communities in a bid to help projects to thrive across its trading area of 16 counties from the Midlands to the east coast.
Martyn Cheatle, Chief Executive of Central England Co-operative, said: “I would like to urge all of our members to get in touch and put forward a community cause close to their heart for the Community Dividend scheme.”
People can apply for funding by visiting https://communities.centralengland.coop/
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society’s trading estate.
Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing members@centralengland.coop or visiting https://www.members.coop
Notes to editors
About Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK. It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with projected gross sales of £958million for 2016/17. The Society recently celebrated being named Leading Co-operative of the Year 2016 by Co-operatives UK. The Society’s principal areas of activity are food, funeral services, and property. Central England Co-operative has more than 430 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2017.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence. The Society supports a number of charities including Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society’s trading estate.
Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing members@centralengland.coop or visiting https://www.members.coop
For more information visit www.centralengland.coop, follow Central England Co-operative on Twitter: @mycoopfood, and on Facebook: facebook.com/centralenglandcooperative
Rob Smyth – PR officer - Central England Co-operative - 01543 414140
Email – publicrelations@centralengland.coop