Central England Co-operative funeralcare staff dig deep to help spruce up community church in Leicestershire
Posted by rob smyth | Published: 09/05/2017
Staff from McCartney’s Funeral Service swapped their work clothes for gardening gear as they volunteered to help spruce up a church.
Four members of the team, from the Central England Co-operative home in Coventry Road, Hinckley, have been helping out at St Peter's church, in Aston Flamville.
The group have cleared the cemetery grounds and painted railings in a bid to support the busy community facility.
Terry Clarke, from McCartney’s, said: “We decided to get involved after an appeal was put out for people to come up with volunteering ideas.
“We went down to the church and spoke to the warden and before you knew it we were painting railings and cleaning up the cemetery.
“We all had a good time and it felt great to be helping the community in which we serve.”
Church warden Robin Wilson said: “I was hugely impressed by the positive 'can do' attitude of the group and they were a huge credit to McCartney's.”
Notes to editors
Photo credit: Central England Co-operative colleagues Adam Troop, Rob Vickers, Terry Clarke, and Scott Parnell all worked hard to spruce up St Peter's church, in Aston Flamville.
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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 gross sales of £927 million in 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 investment. Central England Co-operative has over 400 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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