Squeezy cheese company gives more than £120k to North East charities
Primula has given away a whopping £1.29 million to good causes in the North East, and £3 million to charity nationally this year. (Image: Primula)
Primula Cheese, the company of tubed-cheese fame, has given away over £120,000 to charities that help people across the North East – bringing their total donations to UK charities for the year to over £3 million.
The Gateshead-based squeezy cheese brand, which donates all its profits to good causes across the region, country and around the world via the Kavli Trust, offers its employees the opportunity to nominate charitable organisations close to their hearts to receive a surprise donation.
The three chosen charities, Feeding Families, Bright Red, Sunderland Carers initially believed they were attending Primula to pitch for further funding, but little did they know they would all be presented with a sizeable cheque as they exited the building.
North East communities have benefited from £1.29m in donations from Primula and its owner, the Kavli Trust during 2022. The organisation is responsible for a whopping £3 million in donations to UK good causes during 2022.
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Feeding Families, a charity which offers support, hope and security to those experiencing food poverty, was given £83,000. Working closely with other organisations and agencies, Feeding Families ensures families in desperate need have access to Emergency Food Boxes and support packages.
The donation will support families and individuals within the local community, enabling the charity to provide thousands of emergency food boxes.
Bright Red works to improve the lives and treatment of people with blood cancer across the North of England. They were awarded £20,000 and a new mini-van. This money will go towards research and education into leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma myelodysplasia and myeloproliferative diseases.
It will also fund services such as play therapy, complementary…
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