Co-Op 'Giving Day'

Good causes in Audlem received an early Christmas present this week when the Co-op revealed a £3441 funding boost.

The money will be shared by three organisations, who make a real difference to communities throughout the region. These are changing rooms in the Public Hall's Annexe, Audlem's Scout Group and Audlem District and Amenities Society (ADAS).

When a member buys Co-op branded products from food stores or a funeral plan or funeral from Funeralcare they earn a five per cent reward for themselves with the Co-op donating a further one per cent to local good causes.

Customers can now also earn on selected lines from Co-op's online electrical business.By joining the Co-op's membership scheme shoppers can contribute to the money raised for the good causes, and they can choose which of these causes they wish to support by logging on to the Co-op's membership website at www.coop.co.uk/membership.

According to Rufus Olins, Director of Community and Campaigns at the Co-op, "Since the scheme launched Co-op members have helped to raise an amazing £20 million for 8,000 local causes nationally, but we want to do more, so the more people shop, the more good causes can earn. However, this is not just about giving money, it is about developing relationships with good causes in local communities, and over the past year we have been touched by hundreds of ways in which people have made their own communities better places to be."

The Co-op has 4.6 million active members including 1,240,000 recruited since the new scheme began on 21 September 2016.

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