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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
Asda kicks off week-long holiday hunger food bank collection drive
The drive is part of Asda’s Fight Hunger Create Change programme
P&G kicks off global anti-discriminatory parental leave policy
Share the the Care makes child caregiving unbiased based on gender or sexual orientation
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
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
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
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
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
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
Anxiety, fmcg and me: let's get serious about mental health in grocery
‘Office therapist’ may become a regular job title within 10 years
Grocers must be wary of tokenism with 'woke' CSR campaigns
Inauthentic brands get found out, says Cressida Holmes-Smith, client partner at Lucky Generals
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
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
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
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?
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
Hubbub plans to double number of Community Fridges
Hubbub today announced plans to double the number of fridges to 100 by the end of 2020
Central England Co-op records 250,000 food bank donations
Ninety per cent of Central England Co-op food stores now have food bank collection points
Waitrose Foundation expands to Senegal and The Gambia
Waitrose already works with more than 100 farms across South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Ghana and Costa Rica
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