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 […]
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 […]