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One Stop partners with food redistribution charity The symbol group has donated £80,000 to FareShare to support the provision of meals to children during the school holidays.
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ne Stop has formed a partnership with FareShare, the UK’s longest-running food redistribution charity. The retailer has donated £80,000 to FareShare, which will support the provision of meals to children during the school holidays over the festive period and February half-term next year. One Stop has also launched a fun-filled Christmas activity book, which will be available to purchase in store from 8 December to help raise further funds. The book will cost £2.50 – raising funds that will help FareShare to deliver the equivalent of 10 meals to support children through the holidays – and will be available from all One Stop stores. The activity book includes colouring pages, the opportunity to find festive characters including Carol the Cranberry and Lesley the Leek, and houses a template for a gingerbread house on the back page that can be cut out and made. In 2022 and 2023 One Stop’s 900 stores in the UK will continue with their support of holiday hunger and further activity books will be launched, including over Easter and summer.
Liz Fox, Head of Sustainability & Social Responsibility, said: “Our stores are based in the heart of community neighbourhoods so we see firsthand how some people may need additional support. It’s key that we work with organisations like FareShare to help make a difference and influence change.” Lindsay Boswell, FareShare Chief Executive, added: “Two-thirds of groups FareShare supply with food support children and families. The holidays should be
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a time of fun and excitement yet, in the aftermath of the pandemic and with rising costs to contend with, many more families will struggle to put food on the table over the Christmas break. “We are very thankful to One Stop for their support, which will help us deliver 320,000 meals-worth of food to our network of frontline charities supporting families this winter.”
