To celebrate reaching 100 stores nationwide we called on local communities across the UK to nominate charities and other good causes to receive a donation from a newly-launched £10,000 celebratory fund.
As a thank you for the support received from local people and customers on its journey to 100 stores, the business wanted to put something back and asked local people to get involved by nominating local good causes to receive a donation. We received close to 2,000 nominations from members of the public, and we can now name the 100 benefiting charities and causes, one for every store!
One of those causes includes North East-based St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice, as chosen by residents in Sunderland, home of the group’s first-ever store. The hospice cares for children and young adults with progressive and life shortening conditions from across the North East. The hospice joins a wide variety of charities nominated by the British public, from as far north as Aberdeen’s CFINE Community Foods Initiative, to as far South as Plymouth’s St Luke’s Hospice. Others include Make a Wish Foundation of Southampton, which grants the wishes of children and young people living with life threatening illnesses, The Alzheimer’s Society, the leading dementia support and research charity in the UK, as nominated by people in Nottingham, and Claire House Children’s Hospice, as put forward by customers in Bromborough.
The ScS business was founded in 1894 and has evolved from a family-owned general home furnishing store in the North East of England to one of the UK’s leading sofa and carpet specialists, with 2,000 employees and an independent five-star rating by its customers. This year the group expanded its nationwide presence further, by adding three new stores to its branch network in Thanet, Plymouth and Straiton in Edinburgh, reaching the landmark of 100 stores.
Paul Burke, Sales Director at ScS, said: “We launched our ‘100 Good Causes’ campaign to say a massive thank you to each of the local communities across the UK that have supported us on our journey to reaching the milestone of 100 stores. It’s an incredible achievement and could not have been done without the hard work and dedication of our employees, past and present, and the many customers we have served over the years.
“We’re happy to be able to support 100 good causes close to the hearts of our people and customers and hope the money can go towards benefiting communities across the UK. As a business we now employ more than 2,000 people and together we look forward to seeing 100 local, hardworking good causes benefit positively from our celebratory fund.”
South East
St Luke’s Hospice, Basildon
NSPCC – Beckton
St Nicholas Hospice, Cambridge
The Alfie Leggett Fund, Colchester
The Write Time, Croydon
Ellenor Hospice, Dartford
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Macmillan Cancer Support, The Wolverstone Macmillan Centre
Nelson’s Journey, Norwich
Lance Corporal Nicky Mason Memorial Fund, West Thurrock
Stevenage Community Trust
Pilgrim Hospice, Margate
South Coast
Rihanna’s Swing, Bridgend
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cardiff and Vale University Hospital
Ty Hafan, Sully
St Peter’s Hospice, Bristol
Daisy’s Dream, Farnbrough
RSPC Bristol Dogs and Cats Home
British Heart Foundation
The Daisy Garland, Newport
Reading Deaf Children’s Society
Britwell Drama Group, Slough
Maggie’s, Swansea
Acorns Children’s Hospice, Birmingham
Sue Ryder
St Luke’s Hospice, Plymouth
Central
St John’s Hospice, Bedford
Zoe’s Place, Coventry
4th Dunstable Scout Group
LOROS, Leicester
Keech Hospice Care, Luton
Milton Keynes Hospital Charity
Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Northampton
Great Ormand Street Hospital
Peace Hospice Care, Watford
Air Ambulance Derbyshire
Make A Wish, Southampton
Rowan’s Hospice, Waterlooville
Wessex Cancer Trust, Eastleigh
Yorkshire
The Prince of Wales Hospice, Bradford
Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield
67th Sproutbrough Scouts, Doncaster
Barnsley Hospice
St Andrew’s Hospice, Grimsby
Kirkwood Hospice, Huddersfield
Oakwood Dog Rescue, Hull
St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds
Nottingham Hospitals Charity
Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance
Headway Rotherham
1st Broughton Scout Group, Scunthorpe
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Wakefield Hospice
Scotland
CFINE Community Food Initiative North East Ltd
MS Society Scotland
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS)
Scottish SPCA
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
Inclusion Glasgow
Port of Glasgow Otters
Ayrshire Hospice
The National Autistic Society Scotland
Strathcarron Hospice, Denny
St Andrew’s Hospice, Airdrie
British Heart Foundation Scotland
North East
St Teresa’s Hospice, Darlington
Dogs Trust Darlington
MIND Tyneside and Northumberland
Tiny Lives
Zoe’s Place, Middlesbrough
Gateshead QE Hospital (Gateshead Health NHS FT Charitable Fund)
St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice
Hartlepool Hospice
Marie Curie Hospice, Newcastle
North West
Alder Hey Children’s Charity, Liverpool
Derian House, Chorley
The Christie
Claire House Children’s Hospice, Wirral
Tourettes Syndrome Association
Cash for Kids, Key 103
Doctor Kershaw’s Hospice, Oldham
The Friends of Larkfield School, Southport
Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool
Willowbrook Hospice, St Helens
Reuben’s Retreat, Greater Manchester
St Rocco’s Hospice, Warrington
Wigan and Leigh Hospice
The Racheal Harry Fund, Wrexham
South West
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity
MIND Birmingham
The Georgina Unit, Russells Hall Hospital
Megan’s Summer Ball, Kidderminster
Katharine House Hospice, Stafford
Layla Jane Pitt Membrane Trust, Telford
St Giles Hospice, Lichfield
Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke
Alzheimers Society, Nottingham
Bliss, Derby
The Jon Egging Trust, Worcestershire
Babbington Kennels, Nottingham