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 […]

LAKES AND DALES AIMS TO RAISE £300,000 FOR NEW PARTNER, CHILDLINE

Lakes and Dales has launched a partnership with Childline to raise money for the vital service which provides free and confidential support for children and young people who need help. The organisation, which is owned by Scotmid Co-operative has stores across the UK and whose brands include Scotmid and Semichem and Lakes & Dales as […]

Lakes and Dales Co-operative donates life-saving defibrillators to Penrith Mountain Rescue

Lakes and Dales Co-operative has donated two life-saving defibrillators to Penrith Mountain Rescue, to help people needing assistance in the mountains and local community. The new equipment means that the charity will now have a defibrillator in all three of its rescue vehicles when responding to callouts. A defibrillator is a life-saving machine that gives […]

Scotmid Co-operative and Prostate Cancer UK smash £150k fundraising target within six months

Record fundraising feat coincides with launch of new Men United v Prostate Cancer campaign Scotmid Co-operative and Prostate Cancer UK have announced that they have achieved their £150,000 fundraising target just six months into their charity partnership year. News of the record breaking fundraising feat coincides with the launch of Prostate Cancer UK’s new campaign […]