Community – Page 8
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Harvey Nichols bakery supplier expects £8k hit after Whaley Bridge dam evacuation
Derbyshire-based wholesale bakery Buxton Pudding Co was forced to halt production and abandon its premises after the partial collapse of the local dam
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GroceryAid eyes bigger venue for Barcode Festival after raising £450,000
New venue will have capacity for at least 3,500 people after this year’s sell-out success
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P&G kicks off global anti-discriminatory parental leave policy
Share the the Care makes child caregiving unbiased based on gender or sexual orientation
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Metallica donates to food distribution charity City Harvest London
City Harvest rescues surplus food and delivers it to those in need via chilled vans seven days a week
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Asda and Warburtons to benefit FareShare with new charity ‘promotion’
The promotion is expected to result in more than a million products being donated to FareShare
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Central England Co-op launches summer food bank appeal for children
The society said food banks often saw a rise in demand from families when the ‘safety net’ of free school meals was removed
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Eat kicks off StreetGames holiday hunger charity push
The food-to-go retailer will donate 25p from the sale of four products in support of StreetGames’ Fit and Fed initiative
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Sainsbury’s offers staff local volunteering opportunities
Sainsbury’s Living Well index shows the UK’s sense of wellbeing and quality of life has declined in the past year
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GroceryAid launches counselling for workplace incidents
GroceryAid is partnering with CiC to provide professional counsellors who visit sites to run either group or individual sessions
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Comment and Opinion
Anxiety, fmcg and me: let's get serious about mental health in grocery
‘Office therapist’ may become a regular job title within 10 years
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Analysis and Features
Platform at The Arches: how Glasgow's foodie market is supporting the community
What was once an infamous nightclub is now home to a farmers’ market with a community focus
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Co-op partners with anti-knife crime charity to build gyms
The project uses steel from knives that have been taken off the street and melted down to be reused
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Comment and Opinion
How Pladis is making mental health its biggest project
By teaming up with charity Mind through its McVitie’s brand, Pladis hopes to end the stigma around mental health, says its UK & Ireland MD Nick Bunker
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Analysis and Features
Mental health in the workplace: does grocery need to rethink?
As awareness of mental health issues in the workplace improves, what are businesses doing to help? And how can they do it better?
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Comment and Opinion
It's time for all retailers to take action on knife crime
Poundland took kitchen knives off sale in October 2018, says retail director Austin Cooke. Other retailers now need to play their part
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Analysis and Features
How Farm Africa is helping grow agricultural futures in Kenya
The Growing Futures project is helping farmers secure sustainable incomes thanks to government-matched donations
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Supermarkets urged to flag items most-needed by food banks
Petition targets the bosses of Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Co-op, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose
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Iceland invests £1m into Alzheimer’s Research UK
The money will fund research searching for a cure as well as efforts to raise awareness of the debilitating disease
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CJ Lang raises £120k for charity from 5p carrier bag charges
The mandatory charge for single-use carrier bags was introduced in Scotland in October 2014
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Buywell Day-Today donates cereal to Glasgow organisation
The prize has been donated to the local Baltic Street Adventure Playground, which provides meals to those from disadvantaged backgrounds