All Community articles – Page 10
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NewsCo-op scraps Christmas advert to fund community-led food project instead
Society is channelling the advert funding into a wider cost of living support project for its colleagues, members, customers and communities
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NewsCo-op and Crowdfunder team up to offer funding for local charities
The initiative is open to local charities and grassroots community organisations benefiting from Co-op’s Local Community Fund
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NewsDeliveroo launches ‘Collecteroo’ food bank collection service with Trussell Trust
The Collecteroo service runs for five days in December in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff
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NewsLindsay Boswell to step down as CEO at food redistribution charity FareShare
Boswell this week announced he would step down from the helm of FareShare, a role he has held since 2010
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NewsMedicine suppliers must prioritise convenience stores amid shortage, says Bestway
Key availability issues have been with Lemsip, Nurofen and Calpol, with demand superseding supply as the cold and flu season kicks in
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Comment & OpinionThe word of the year is ‘permacrisis’. Food & drink must adapt to instability – and it can
We need to shift modes from firefighter to architect if we are to build better food systems, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsHeart of England Co-op sets up money-saving measures for staff and shoppers
The society is also setting up a sponsored breakfast club to provide free cereal, milk and bread for employees
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NewsLidl launching Christmas toy donation banks in stores nationwide
From 3 November, the discounter is to add collection points to over 940 stores, where shoppers can leave new and unopened toys and games for children at risk of going without at Christmas
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NewsTesco gives £1m to good causes in single day as community tokens scheme reaches £100m mark
Tesco said the campaign would mark £100m in community grants being given to more than 50,000 good causes since the scheme launched in 2016
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NewsSouthern Co-op to open 10 community fridges thanks to £40,000 donation
The society said it was supporting the community fridges via environmental charity Hubbub
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NewsPost Office partners with DHL Express to provide more click & collect services
The Post Office said its partnership with DHL would be better for the environment than vans having to make multiple stops to drop off parcels
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NewsCo-op opens largest pop-up shop yet, at London’s Barking Riverside
The unit has been supplied by Worcestershire-based modular retail expert Rapid Retail
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NewsNisa retailers save 100,000 meals through Too Good To Go
A total of 300 stores helped to reach the milestone, which are collectively stopping over 1,000 meals from going to waste each week
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NewsSurplus food donations from supermarkets down during cost of living crisis
FareShare said the “crippling” knock-on effects of the supply chain crisis had resulted in a fall in supermarket donations of around 200 tonnes a month
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NewsIceland rolls out Food Club interest-free loans to all UK households
Successful applicants will get a preloaded Food Club card, which they can then use to shop in store or online both at Iceland and The Food Warehouse
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NewsFareShare partnership enables wholesalers to provide 570,000 school holiday meals
FareShare said it was now receiving donations from 13 wholesalers, including two new additions this year
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NewsGousto trials meal kits in place of emergency food bank parcels
The pilot trial with Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank is taking place over 12 weeks
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NewsAldi donating 80,000 baby products to help parents on low incomes
A YouGov survey for Aldi found 77% of new parents across the UK were worried about the cost of essential baby products
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NewsOver 40,000 pensioners to be offered £30 Iceland vouchers
Over £1m of funding for the initiative has been provided by pension insurance specialist Rothesay, through its Rothesay Foundation arm
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NewsSouthern Co-op removes ‘fire risk’ disposable barbecues from sale
The society said it was a permanent decision and was made to protect local wildlife and ecosystems