Co-op presentation to local causes
Three local causes shared a bumper £18,658.30 when the Co-op's annual fundraising campaign reached its conclusion
By Deborah Bowyer
Posted: Tuesday, 07th December 2021 8:00 am
Three local causes shared a bumper £18,658.30 when the
Co-op's annual fundraising campaign reached its conclusion.Each year Co-op stores ask local people to nominate deserving
community causes and three are selected to benefit.
When Co-op members buy selected Co-op products and
services, 2p for every £1 they spend goes into their Co-op
Membership account. And Co-op give the same amount to
support community organisations and local causes.
The three local causes all celebrated when they joined together
for a short ceremony outside the Co-op store in Middlewich
Road, Sandbach. Members shopping at the Co-op's four
Sandbach stores have helped raise the funds throughout the
year.
Representatives from the three causes selected attended the
ceremony to collect their cash and share details about their
schemes.
Sandbach School and Sixth Form College's CAUC Electric Car
Team are in the fast lane after receiving £5,905.30 to build a
new streamlined electric car.
Students Cate Rook (17) and Phoebe Fogg (16) together with
Jeff Davies who runs the team attended the presentation.
Here girls get to design, build and race several electric cars in
the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge competition.
Mr Davies said: "This money is amazing and will make all the
difference. The work we do is amazing and gives the girls the
chance to have a go at so many things. Engineering is so
diverse."
Leonard Cheshire's Hill House in Sandbach received £6,645.88
to help build a cinema type experience with family and friends
so residents and their families can watch some of the latest
films together.
St Johns Church of England School at Sandbach Heath
received £6,287.42 to build an outside greenhouse classroom
and path in the sow and grow area.
The classroom can house around 20 children and is used for a
variety of things from planting activities to craftwork and art.
The next round of the Local Community Fund has opened and
the new three local causes are Sandbach United Football Club,
Sandbach Partnership's Youth Forum and Elworth Hall School
Association (the PTA for Elworth Hall Primary School) who
want to build a sensory garden.
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