RSPCA Named New Charity of the Year
Lakes & Dales Co-operative have announced that the RSPCA will be the community retailer’s new Charity of the Year partner. The partnership between Lakes & Dales, which has nine convenience stores in Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland, and the animal welfare charity aims to not only raise funding, but also to increase awareness of the vital […]
Lakes and Dales Co-op Raise £315,000 For Samaritans
Lakes & Dales Co-op helped to raise £315,000 for Samaritans during a year-long fundraising drive by the community retailer – funding 63,000 calls for the charity. Employees, members and customers from Lakes & Dales Co-op, Scotmid, Semichem, and Scotmid Funerals took part in different activities over the past 12 months in a bid to raise money […]
Lakes & Dales’ Funding For GNAA Equipment Takes Off
Lakes & Dales Co-operative have funded vital equipment for the Great North Air Ambulance – helping the service which covers the Society’s trading areas in Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland. Formed just over 15 years ago, the Great North Air Ambulance currently operates three helicopters from its two bases at Langwathby in Cumbria and at Durham […]
Lakes & Dales Announce Charity Partnership With Samaritans
Lakes & Dales Co-operative and Samaritans have announced the beginning of the year-long partnership, which aims to raise £300,000, as well as recruit local volunteers and raise vital awareness for the charity. Every six seconds somebody contacts Samaritans for help and 2,000 trained volunteers across Scotland, Ireland and Northern England offer a safe space for […]
Funding Success for Friends of St John’s Chapel Primary School
Friends of St John’s Chapel Primary School have been given a welcome boost thanks to a successful Community Grant application to Lakes & Dales Co-operative. The £500 Community Grant will enable the group to renovate the school’s community garden, which opened in 2002, and required much needed improvements to the area which is used to […]