Bakkavor Newark hopes to bring some sweet success to charities
Bakkavor Desserts in Newark has announced it is adopting the Salvation Army as its partner charity for 2022.
It follows a successful year partnering with the Newark Emmaus Trust and raising valuable funds for the charity over the last year.
Every year, Bakkavor Newark colleagues are given the opportunity to vote for the local charity for the business to support in the year ahead.
Over the course of the 12-month period, Bakkavor workers organise a range of activities and support community events to raise as much money as possible for their chosen charity.
The Salvation Army is an international charitable organsiation that plays an active role in the local community. Its founders sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry.
In Newark, The Salvation Army has a charity shop and a book shop where it welcomes volunteers of all ages.
The charity has a wide variety of initiatives during the year that Bakkavor Desserts hopes to support.
The business plans to put a clothing donation bank on site for colleagues to donate to, and it plans to get involved with a number of toy, food and clothing appeals over the course of the year.
Over the last year, Bakkavor Desserts worked with the Emmaus Trust on various projects to raise money for the award-winning charity that helps vulnerable and homeless people in and around Newark, by providing temporary quality accommodation with professional care, support and training.
Andrjez Szokalski, general manager — operations at Bakkavor Desserts Newark, said: “We are so pleased that, following our sponsored cycle challenge we were able to raise £4,500 for the Emmaus Trust in Newark and this marked a great finale to a successful 2021 working with this fantastic charity.
“As we start a new year, we are looking forward to working with The Salvation Army, a charity chosen by all our fellow Bakkavor colleagues.
“They are doing very meaningful and significant work and we are excited to see where, we as a business, can bring the charity real value over the next year.”
