A WINCHESTER supermarket has teamed up with a Harestock charity.
Sainsbury’s in Middle Brook Street has chosen Friends of Flowerdown Care Home as its local charity partner for the next year after it won a customer vote.
The group was formed last year and has so far raised more than £1,500 for the Harestock Road home, while also organising activities for residents like summer outings.
Colin Kimber, chairman, said: “We know the success that the local charity partnership has bought to many charities in the local area so when we received the recent phone-call to tell us the news, we were thrilled.
“The exposure and support is going to be massively beneficial to our charity and I’d like to thank every Sainsbury’s Winchester customer who voted.”
Winchester MP Steve Brine also congratulated the charity.
He said: “I know what a difference the initiative has made to local charities in my constituency in raising not just vital funds, but raising awareness of their cause too.”
Sainsbury’s staff are now planning several fundraising events over the next few months.
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