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Sunday Talks receives £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Middlesbrough mental health support group Sunday Talks has received £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. Established in 2023, Sunday Talks meets every Sunday evening at Whale Hill Community Centre and is open to any member of the public to attend. The...
Gilberdyke Cricket Club receives £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Gilberdyke Cricket Club has received £1,000 of funding through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. The club, based at Ings View Sports Field in the village, currently has adult teams and a junior set up whose teams take part in the ECB All-Stars and Dynamos...
Semitones granted £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Newcastle’s community orchestra Semitones has received £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. Consisting of volunteer musicians, the orchestra is based in the Gosforth area of the city, and members have been performing together twice a month in care...
Saltburn Folk Festival receives £1,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Saltburn Folk Festival has received £1,000 of funding through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. This year, the festival which took place over the weekend of 9th and 10th August saw dozens of the biggest names in folk music perform at locations across Saltburn....
Bendrigg Trust granted £5,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Cumbria’s Bendrigg Trust has received a fantastic £5,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. Established in the 1970s, Bendrigg is a residential activity centre between Kendal and Sedbergh specialising in supporting young disabled people to access outdoor...
Preston Sports Club granted £5,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Preston Sports Club Ltd has been awarded a brilliant £5,000 of funding through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. Located at the Westcliff Ground in South Meadow Lane, Preston Sports Club Ltd is home to both Preston Cricket Club and Preston Hockey Club, and the...
Down Syndrome Cheshire granted £10,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback
Down Syndrome Cheshire has been awarded an amazing £10,000 through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. Founded in 2007, Down Syndrome Cheshire is a local charity supporting 350 individuals of all ages with Down syndrome, and their families, across Cheshire. The...
SPAR North of England donates £5,800 to charities through National Lottery scheme
SPAR North of England has donated £5,800 to local charities after stores were rewarded by Allwyn following a trio of high value customer National Lottery wins. Allwyn’s ‘Share the Win’ scheme rewards retailers and stores which have sold high tier winning tickets of...
Celebratory SPAR Lancashire School Games Finale events held
Hundreds of children from across the Red Rose County took part in the celebratory SPAR Lancashire School Games Finale events in Blackpool and Preston. Under blue skies and brilliant sunshine, there was a carnival atmosphere in Blackpool as the Coastal cluster enjoyed...
SPAR Walton Park enters a new era under Hunts’ ownership after major £365,000 refit
Three generations of the Hunt family proudly opened their latest SPAR store at Walton Park near Preston on Thursday after a £365,000 comprehensive refurbishment. Lawrence, Kevin, and Jack Hunt reopened the doors of the vibrant new-look neighbourhood store in Millwood...
SPAR Alder Drive is the new home of Gregson Lane’s Post Office
Gregson Lane’s relocated Post Office has been launched in SPAR independent retailer Bhavesh Parekh’s Alder Drive store. Through the new location, a much-improved Post Office service is being delivered for the local community with the counter open seven days a week...
G.A.P. Convenience Distribution’s biggest tradeshow to date
More than 80 suppliers engaged with hundreds of forecourt operators and convenience store retailers at G.A.P. Convenience Distribution Ltd’s biggest ever tradeshow. The two-day event returned to the AJ Bell Stadium in Manchester this year after the show’s highly...