CHARITIES BENEFIT FROM HELPING HEARTS

Charities in Leamington have been awarded a share of £2,470 from the Heart of England Co-operative Society’s Helping Hearts Award scheme.

The cash will be used to help make a difference to the lives of hundreds of people including schoolchildren, soldiers and the homeless.

Helping Hearts was set up in 2000. Recently the Heart of England Co-operative Society celebrated a landmark £500,000 in pledges to charities and worthy causes throughout the trading area.

Among those in the Leamington area to have benefited was Shrubland Street Community School, which received £100 towards a school trip to Cumbria. The Friends of Wellesbourne Primary School and St Joseph’s School each received £25 gift vouchers.

In Kenilworth the Lions Club received £200 towards a PA system and in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Provost Williams School received £50 worth of goods towards a Christmas fayre.
 
Jo Dyke, Community and Membership Adviser at the Heart of England Co-operative Society, said: “Once again our Helping Hearts Award scheme has received requests from a wide range of groups which is great as it means our tobacco profits are reaching thousands of people from all walks of life across our trading area and they are helping some of the most deserving causes.

“This is exactly why we set up the Helping Hearts Awards scheme. As the largest independent community retailer in this region we feel it is only right that residents within our trading area reap the benefits of our profits and that the money goes to help some of the most needy people across Coventry, Warwickshire, south Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.”