Charity of the Year 2019/2020
Applications to be considered for the Scotmid Co-operative Charity of the Year 2019/2020 has now opened (3 January 2019) and the deadline is Thursday 28 February 2019 at 5pm. If you are interested in applying please see useful information below:
Useful information:
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Scotmid Co-operative consists of over 177 Scotmid food stores, 80 Semichem stores, 9 Lakes & Dales co-operative stores and 17 funeral offices
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Our stores span across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
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Partner charities engage with our staff by attending the Regional Business Manager’s store manager meetings (this is a meeting of all store managers in each region – we have around 300 store managers), our annual retail conferences and a partnership booklet is also produced to give to each store for reference to aid with fundraising.
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We have internal newsletters and intranet as well as corporate and retail websites and social media pages
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The fundraising target can change from year to year
Applications should be made to membership@scotmid.co.uk no later than 5pm on Thursday 28 February 2019. The proposal should address in no more than 6 pages of A4 the issues made below:
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Account management arrangements including Team Biographies
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Evidence of charity operations in our trading areas (Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland)
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An undertaking on how money will be spent (across all our trading areas)
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How you will achieve practical engagement with staff (and supporting costings if applicable)
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Proposals for practical and achievable merchandising sales (and supporting costings / timescales if applicable)
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How would you combat Charity fatigue among staff, members and customers
If you have any further questions please contact us via email at:
