April 2013 - The Boys' Brigade

Supermarkets... supporting
their local communities
Does your Company need some vital funds for a specific project, equipment or event? We have put together details
on how you could get support from your local supermarket. Most supermarkets support community organisations and
groups in a number of ways, below is a selection of just some of those.
Each month every Waitrose branch
donates £1,000 (£500 in Convenience
shops) between three local good
causes. At the checkout, customers
receive a token and are asked to place
it in a box of the good cause they’d
most like to support. The more tokens
a cause gets, the bigger the donation
they receive. To nominate your group
go into your local Waitrose store and
pick up a form to complete.
Find out more at: www.waitrose.com
TIP: Do you know someone that works
at a local supermarket? If so, ask them
to fi nd out what support there might
be for local community groups. Many
supermarkets support charities and
groups that their staff are involved
with in one way or another.
The Asda Foundation was set up to
support the local causes that Asda
employees get behind, helping to
make a difference in local communities.
Both large and small projects are
funded across the UK. The Asda
Foundation supports requests
which have the direct support and
involvement from colleagues locally.
Find out more at: http://charities.asda.
com/asda-foundation
The Co-operative Membership
Community Fund is all about putting
profi ts back into the community. It
welcomes applications for funding
from charities and local community
groups across the UK.
Find out more at: www.co-operative.
coop/membership/localcommunities/community-fund/
Tesco support charities and local
good causes in a number of ways,
fi nd out how your group could benefi t:
Community Awards
The Tesco Charity Trust Community
Awards Scheme provides one-off
donations of between £500 and £4,000
to registered charities and not for profi t
organisations who are working on local
projects that support children and their
education and welfare, elderly people
and adults and children with disabilities.
Bag Packing
Tesco’s allow groups to come into store
and to fundraise through bag packing,
and each store manager deals with
their own bag packing bookings
(excludes Express stores). To arrange
bag packing at your local store to
raise funds for your group contact the
Store Manager or Charity / Community
Champion at your local store.
Donations
Each Tesco UK store (excluding Express)
holds a community donation budget
to help local organisations with their
fundraising events. If your group would
like to be considered for a donation
please write to the Charity / Community
Champion at your local store.
Tesco for Schools & Clubs
Based on feedback received from
schools and clubs about this scheme
Tesco is currently reviewing how this
scheme works and is looking to launch
the 2013 scheme later in the year.
Community Champions
Tesco has Community Champions in
a lot of their stores. Their role is to act
as an ambassador for their store within
the local area, being a great neighbour
and bringing genuine benefi t to the
local community. Contact the Charity/
Community Chapion at your local store
to see how they could help your group.
Find out more about Tesco’s community
promises at: www.tescoplc.com/
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TIP: Ask your local supermarket if you
could collect at the front or outside
the store (collecting boxes/buckets
can be purchased from BB Supplies).
Sainsbury’s is currently operating
its Active Kids scheme. Active Kids
vouchers are available from all main
Sainsbury’s stores, local stores,
petrol stations and with online groceries
deliveries until 22nd May 2013. Your
Company can redeem Active Kids
vouchers for a wide range of activity
and cooking equipment, sports kit and
professional coaching sessions. The
more vouchers you can collect, the
more you can get out of the scheme,
so it’s all about getting the children
and young people in your Company
collecting vouchers via parents, family
members and friends and bringing
them along to BB. It is a great way of
also involving the church congregation.
If you are not already registered, there
is still time, call 0844 415 8440 to
register your Company (you will be
asked your Company Name and for
the contact details of a coordinator
for the scheme at your end). Currently
BB groups are not able to register
online through the Active Kids website,
but you can check out the website
for more information on the scheme.
Find out more at:
www.sainsburys.co.uk/activekids/
Don’t forget to let us know
what you do get up to, if
you do take part or are
successful in any of the
above. Just send an email to
gazette@boys-brigade.org.uk
and good luck!
50 The Boys’ Brigade Gazette Apr 2013