On 2 October our East Midlands & East Anglia colleagues were invited to the formal Grand Opening of the new REACH Community Grocers at Pride Park, Derby. We were delighted to attend as one of the principal funders of the new community grocers and adjacent community hub, after the REACH charity was awarded a £15,900 grant from our Customer & Communities Investment Fund last year. The impressive, well-stocked new grocers was officially declared open by City Mayor of Derby, Ged Potter, supported by Derby South MP, Baggy Shanker.
REACH Community Grocers will help families and individuals who are struggling to put food on their tables in the face of today’s cost-of-living crisis. As members it gives them the dignity of choosing and purchasing their shopping for a fraction of the cost of a supermarket. Because food will be sourced which is excess to supermarket requirements, thousands of tonnes of food will be saved from being wasted each year. But it’s more than about food. Next to the shop is a new Community Hub. Here members can access free support and courses such as budgeting, healthy cooking and employment skills.
