Area Focus: Coventry - Mid Warks - Children in care enjoyed a pantomime visit thanks to company’s gift

A Warwickshire business rounded off a year of community work by helping bring some Christmas cheer to families.

People Arches Ltd, the company that runs the Warwick branch of McDonald’s on Emscote Road, funded the purchase of 64 pantomime tickets for children in care and their foster families to enjoy a festive day out together in Leamington Spa.

Melissa Phillips, from Warwickshire County Council who led the initiative, said: "It's this sort of kindness that helps spread more love and care towards the children we support and really helps them to enjoy family time with each other. We are very thankful and so happy to have received such help as it meant we were able to offer children the chance to visit the Leamington Spa Theatre again this year to enjoy what is always an incredible time."

The gesture from People Arches Ltd is part of ongoing efforts by the business to support the community in the local area. The work has included litter picks, sponsoring local children’s football teams and working with Coventry & Warwickshire Mind on mental health initiatives. Volunteers also spent a day volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Birmingham.

On top of this, the business has been working closely with Warwick Chamber of Trade and Warwick Town Council to get involved in the local business community and to help promote the town as a great place to live, work and visit.

People Arches Ltd Founder Dawood Ibtehsam said: “I have always believed that business is about more than profit and can be a way of helping people, engaging with the community and being a force for change. Helping the people around us is key to what we do, and while a pantomime ticket might seem like a small gesture for some, enabling these children and their families to go to the panto and experience some Christmas cheer means a lot - to them, and to us.”