The Southern Co-Op is encouraging its shoppers to do one simple thing this Christmas in order for thousands of pounds to be donated to local food banks – scan their membership cards.
Southern Co-op has pledged to donate 10p to its local community food bank partners when its members shop and scan their Southern Co-op membership card in its retail stores in December (a small number of exclusions apply).
It is hoped thousands of pounds will be raised and help to tackle food poverty which remains a critical issue faced by millions in the UK.
Holly Bramble, Community Lead at Southern Co-op, says:
“Food banks provide vital support for our local communities so we really hope this campaign will make a difference to a lot of families.
“All the money raised will be split equally between more than 60 local community food banks we work with. Quite simply, the more members who shop and scan their Southern Co-op membership card, the more we can donate to our food bank partners!”
The Christmas Membership Campaign will run between 1st-31st December with 10p donated from all Southern Co-op member transactions with the exception of transactions containing cigarettes, tobacco or infant baby formula. There is no minimum spend.
To find out more, visit www.thesouthernco-operative.co.uk/membership/december-foodbank-donation/.
Good initiative, Co-Op! But let’s not blind ourselves to the gross iniquity that requires foodbanks in the first place. Universal Credit could have been a perfect opportunity to improve our welfare system but instead was botched from start to finish, not least by placing most of it in the hands of the usual commercial incompetents.
Everyone on benefits under the same situation gets the same amount. FACT is some squander more. As IF some can manage on UC, then so can all.
It is the receipient at fault NOT the benefit, which remember WE pay for.
Ulver Stone, or ‘Under a Stone’ ?
Which is where your reality must be if you think welfare is adequate and equitable.
welfare is not designed to be adequate or equitable – it is designed to be a temporary safety net to prevent you from starving or freezing or homeless. It is not meant to be a lifestyle choice – if you increase benefits to make them adequate and equitable, then I will quit my job and claim benefits – no point working if the state will pay me the same to do eff all. – get the point the truth and hope springs
Sounds good and genuine thanks co op
if co op can give away money, then they are charging to much for the food in the first place – cut the prices in the shops, then customers money will go further and there will be less need for food banks in the first place.