High Street Shops and Stores Listing
Below is a list of high street shops and stores with brief details of their giving policy.
Key:
% Members of the UK percent club giving 1% of UK pre tax profit for community activity
- I - International interest
- C - In store collections, in-store advertising, customer support schemes
- S - Sponsorship, Arts, Sport, Events, etc
- N - Supporting and/or sponsoring a national charity(ies)
- P - Supporting staff participation, community interests and/or matching donations, payroll giving
- T - Discounts on purchases for supported charities and community groups
- L - Supporting local charities in the communities they operate - ask at local branch, outlet, factory, etc.
- D - Donations for community groups
- F - Foundation or trust requiring formal application
- V - Provide expertise, paid volunteers from staff, or secondment
- K - Gifts in kind, prizes for raffles
- A - Awards and prizes, sponsorship or funding through partner voluntary organisations
Below is a list of high street shops and stores with brief details of their giving policy.
Some of the links below have been reduced in length and complexity using TinyURL.
Supermarkets
Aldi
No information available. Try asking in store.
Asda
http://asdacares.gpalm.co.uk/ use link to ASDA in Local Community
Interests: safety, health, community, and through ASDA Foundation
C,N,P,L,D,F
Booths
http://www.booths-supermarkets.co.uk/sponsorship_requests.html
Interests: not stated
L
Budgens - now a franchise network and part of Musgrave Group
No information available. Try asking in store.
Co-operative
http://www.co-operative.coop/ourcampaigns/modernco-operation/
Interests: anti-social behaviour, crime, education, health, community through Foundation
C,P,T,L,D,F,K
Cost Cutter - franchise network
Not on website
Interests: community, through 'Making A Difference Locally' (MADL)
P,L,D
Farmfoods
No information on website. Try asking in store.
Interests: community, donations as vouchers
C,D,K
Iceland (No information available. Try asking in store.)
John Lewis - Waitrose
http://tinyurl.com/5pf3ce
Interests: community support enshrined in constitution, practical involvement
N,P,L,D
Lidl (No information available. Try asking in store.)
Marks & Spencer
http://tinyurl.com/58vr7s
Interests: emergency aid, community self help
S,N,P,L,D,K
Morrisons
http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Documents/Morrisons_CSR_2008.pdf
Interests: emergency aid, community, national,'Charity of the year' and through foundation
I,C,P,N,L,F,D
Netto
Nothing on website
Interests: local collection for Children in Need only
N
Sainsburys
http://tinyurl.com/63pv9x
Interests: food, family, health, sport, children, schools, partnership with Comic Relief
N,L,D,K,A
Somerfield - Kwik Save
http://tinyurl.com/6lxue3
Interests: health, partners with Comic Relief, BBC Children in Need
I,N,P
Tesco
http://tinyurl.com/6xsshr
Interests: children, health and through Tesco Charity Trust
%,C,N,P,F
High Street Shops and Retail Stores
Accessorize - Monsoon - women's clothing
http://www.monsoontrust.org/
Interests: Asia, children, healthcare, education, income generation
I
Arcadia - Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, TopShop TopMan, Wallis
http://www.arcadiagroup.co.uk/responsibilities/community.html
Interests: charity partners, local and national support, local activity
C,N,P,L
Argos
http://www.homeretailgroupcr.com/hrg/crr07/doing/communities/
Interests: community, education, family The GUS Charitable Trust will be replaced
P,L,F,V.
B & Q
http://tinyurl.com/5jxmbh
Interests: community
L,D,V,K
Blockbuster
http://www.blockbuster.co.uk/Help/aboutus.aspx
Interests: children
N
Body Shop
http://tinyurl.com/yv55th and http://www.thebodyshopfoundation.org
Interests: international, human rights, environment, also through Body Shop Foundation
I,N,P,L,V
Boots (Alliance Boots)
http://tinyurl.com/5mh5eb
Interests: health, community and through Boots Charitable Trust
N,L,D,F
Burton see Arcadia above
Clarks
http://www.clarks.co.uk/
Interests: Aids/HIV through Soul of Africa
Comet
http://tinyurl.com/5fns9q
Interests: children, employment, partnership
N,S,A
Debenhams
http://www.debenhamsplc.com/deb/csr/workplace/community/
Interests: social inclusion, employability, health, education, children, national partners
C,N,P,L
Dixons Group - Dixons, PC World, Currys, The Link
http://www.dsgiplc.com/ under Corporate Responsibility - Community and http://tinyurl.com/59cjl8
Interests: community, education inc IT through DSG international Foundation
N,P,L,F,V
Dorothy Perkins - see Arcadia above
Early Learning Centres
http://tinyurl.com/5nscqc and http://askelc.metafaq.com/resources/askelc/company/inKindInfo.pdf
Interests: children, national, in kind through In Kind Direct (link above) otherwise none
N,K,F
Evans - see Arcadia above
Gap
http://www.gapinc.com/public/SocialResponsibility/sr_community.shtml
Interests: community, children, youth through Gap Foundation
P,L,D,F,K
Habitat - household
Not on website
Interests: personal and national only
N
Halfords
http://www.halfordscompany.com/hal/pr/csr/community/
Interests: national sponsorship, children, health
S,N,P
HMV Group - HMV, Waterstones
Not on website
Interests: under review, national partnership
N
House of Fraser
http://tinyurl.com/6rcqpa
Interests: fundraising, community
C,N,L
IKEA
http://tinyurl.com/66crcb
Interests: international and national support re environment, human development
I,N
H Samuel
http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/static/about/charity.do
Interests: carers, national partner
N
Jessops
http://production.investis.com/jessops/csr/
Interests: children's cancer care through CLIC Sargent
N
JJB Sports
http://www.jjbcorporate.co.uk/thecommunity.php
Interests: national and local partnership, staff involvement
N,P,L
McDonalds
UK http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/pages/goodworks/goodworkshome.html
http://www.rmhc.org.uk/
Interests: children, health & wellbeing through Ronald McDonald House Charities
I,N,L
Miss Selfridge - see Arcadia above
Monsoon - see Accessorize above
Mothercare
http://tinyurl.com/5ca86y
Interests: children, parents through charitiable foundation
N,F
Next
http://www.nextplc.co.uk/nextplc/corporateresponsibility/
Interests: international, emergency relief for tsunami through foundation
I,C,L,D,F
Outfit - see Arcadia above
Post Office
http://tinyurl.com/5txtkn
Interests: social inclusion, volunteering
S,N,P,L,A
Primark - part of Associated British Foods
http://www.abf.co.uk/csr/stakeholders.asp and http://www.garfieldweston.org/
Interests: general through Garfield Weston Foundation
I,L,F
Richer Sounds
http://www.persula.org/
Interests: all funding through Persula Foundation, research using own expertise
F,V
Superdrug
http://www.superdrug.com/page/superdrugtoday and
Interests: international, supports Princes Trust, national health charity partners
I,N
Thomas Cook Group - Thomas Cook, Going Places
http://csr.thomascookgroup.co.uk/tcg/csr/home_communities/ and http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/
Interests: sustainable tourism through The Travel Foundation also Thomas Cook Foundation, children, education, environment
I,C,P,L,F
TopShop TopMan - see Arcadia above
Thorntons
http://tinyurl.com/5czewp
Interests: national partnership, children, support for families of current and ex-employees
N,P,L,V
Virgin
No information available. Try asking in store.
Wallis - see Arcadia above
WH Smith
http://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/WHSPLC-CR6.htm
Interests: education, lifelong learning
P,L,F,V
Woolworths
http://www.woolworthsgroupplc.com/csr/index.cfm
Interests: children, local, through Woolworths Kids First Foundation
C,P,L,F
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