Royal British Legion honours Central England Co-operative Food Store in Derbyshire for Poppy Appeal

Posted by nathan lloyd | Published: 13/03/2017

Staff at Central England Co-operative Food Store, in Wirksworth, have been honoured by The Royal British Legion for their support during the 2016 Poppy Appeal.

David Champion, member of the Wirksworth branch of the Royal British Legion, visited the Harrison Drive store to thank staff for their part in raising £1,300 during the Remembrance period.

Mr Champion presented the store with a specially created plaque to mark the achievement and the ongoing link-up between the store and the local branch.

Co-operative Store Manager Nathan Burrows said: “We would like to thank everyone involved with the Wirksworth branch of the Royal British Legion for their kind
words and prestigious plaque to mark our support.

“The team and I are extremely proud to receive the Poppy Appeal plaque, which we will display in store for our members, customers and colleagues to see.

“Our thanks goes to the community of Wirksworth and the surrounding areas for their charitable donations and the members who represent the Royal British Legion, for their continuous dedication to an extremely worthwhile charity.”

This is the second year in a row that staff at the Food Store were honoured for their roles in support of the Royal British Legion and the Poppy Appeal.

Mr Champion said: “We are delighted to present the Wirksworth Co-operative with the RBL Poppy Appeal plaque, for the food stores support and generosity throughout 2016.

“This is the second year we have worked with the Wirksworth store and over two days we collected a record amount of funds which will go a long way.

“We would like to say thank you to Nathan for being a marvellous host and we look forward to this relationship developing in years to come. As a small, yet active, Royal British Legion unit in Wirksworth we are always looking for more members to get involved.”

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Picture reference: Members of the Wirksworth branch of the Royal British Legion presented a special plaque to staff at the Central England Co-operative Harrison Drive Food Store for their support during the 2016 Poppy Appeal.

About Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK. It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with projected gross sales of £958million for 2016/17. The Society recently celebrated being named Leading Co-operative of the Year 2016 by Co-operatives UK. The Society’s principal areas of activity are food, funeral services, and property. Central England Co-operative has more than 430 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.  The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2017.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility.  It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence.  The Society supports a number of charities including Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society’s trading estate.
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