A Bolton based online electricals retailer, has donated appliances to a homeless kitchen, where employees have also been volunteering.
Staff on AO’s fast track management development “STAR programme” who are based at the AO Logistics HQ in Crewe have been raising money for local charity Chance Changing Lives over the summer; so far managing to collect thousands of pounds, as well as delivering food parcels to Chance’s community pantry.
People from the team have also been volunteering at the charity’s homeless kitchen, in Jubilee House, Crewe, every Saturday.
After hearing the charity needed a multi-cooker and a soup maker to help run budget-friendly cookery classes, AO agreed to donate them.
Nick Cooper, a Quality Analyst at AO said: “We picked Chance Changing Lives because they’re local to us and we really wanted to make a big difference to a small charity.
“After meeting with the team, it just reaffirmed our decision as we could see how much they care about the work that they’re doing.
“I’m so glad that we’ve been able to help them out with these appliances and we are continuing to collect donations of food, money, and other items such as clothes, toiletries and sleeping bags.”
Michele Park, general manager at Chance Changing Lives, said AO had stepped up to help the charity.
She said: “We sometimes struggle for help over the summer as our regular volunteers take a well-earned break, but AO have really stepped up with energetic and non-judgemental values that align with our charity’s ethos.”
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