Sainsbury's Derry store raises £8,000 for local HURT charity

Sainsbury’s at Strand Road in Derry has raised £8,000 for local charity HURT, as part of its Local Charity of the Year scheme.

HURT offers advice on all aspects of addictions and treatment possibilities.

The charity is able to support everyone including family and families in the difficulties that addiction brings.

The group were chosen by customers and colleagues last June and has received support from the store for the past year.

Daniel Pritchard , store manager, said: “We’ve had an excellent year supporting (insert charity name), our customers and colleagues have got involved with a number of fundraising activities.

“We’d like to thank everyone at HURT for making it such a brilliant partnership.”

HURT spokesperson Sadie said: “We’d like to thank the Sainsbury’s customers and colleagues in Derry for their support over the past year.

“It has made such a difference to HURT and we’re extremely grateful for the donations and awareness we’ve been able to raise.”

Customers have voted for the store’s new Local Charity partner both in store and online.

The new charity the Strand Road will be support for the next year will be The Little Orchids.