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Waitrose: Community Matters
Aims of Fund
To give staff and customers the opportunity to choose which causes they wish to champion in their communities.
Who can apply
Welfare organisations, community groups, schools or local divisions of national charities.
How much and what can you apply for
Each trading month, shops will have £1,000 to divide between three local organisations.
Under the scheme, customers nominate organisations, with the final decision made by PartnerVoice forums (Waitrose's local democratic bodies). Each branch will have a Community Matters Champion, who will find out about potential beneficiaries.
Customers will be offered a token every time they shop. These can be inserted in one of three Perspex tubes – one for each organisation. At the end of the month the tokens for each organisation are weighed. Then the beneficiaries will then receive a proportion of the cash.
How to apply
Go to your local Waitrose shop and fill in a 'Community Matters' nomination form.
Deadlines for application
This is an ongoing scheme and there are no deadlines.
Contact details
Waitrose 130-134 Western RoadBrighton
East Sussex
BN1 2LA
Date & initials
23/9/2011 JG