# Sainsbury’s new local charity partnerships launch in-store

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/08/07/sainsburys-new-local-charity-partnerships-launch-store/
- Published: 2017-08-07T09:05:27+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Sainsbury’s new Local Charity of the Year partnerships launched in stores this
weekend. **

Now in its ninth year, Sainsbury’s [Local Charity of the Year](https://www.sainsburyslocalcharity.co.uk/)
scheme has raised over £13 million to support local charities since 2009. This year,
Sainsbury’s has set up over 1,100 new partnerships after customers were invited 
to vote for their favourite charity from a shortlist of three in their local store
or online. Over 1.9 million votes were cast over a two-week period, and winning 
charities will receive a year’s worth of support through fundraising and awareness
raising.

Sainsbury’s stores across the UK held launch events with their new charity partners
over the weekend (Friday 4th – Sunday th6 August), with fundraising stands, awareness
raising materials and other activities to celebrate the partnerships.

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People can find out the name of the local charity their store is supporting online
by entering their postcode, as well as in-store. Two of the charities being supported
by Sainsbury’s stores in Bath for example are [RICE](http://www.rice.org.uk/), and
[Bath City Farm](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/08/07/sainsburys-new-local-charity-partnerships-launch-store/bathcityfarm.org.uk),
while in Melksham in Wiltshire, [Alzheimer’s Support](https://www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/)
is the chosen charity partner.

Deborah Clark, Community Affairs Manager at Sainsbury’s, said:

> “We had a record breaking number of votes cast during this year’s voting period.
> With support from our colleagues and customers, we can continue to raise vital
> funds for charities which do great work in our local communities across the UK,
> starting with launch activity in our stores this weekend.”

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