29 Jan 2010 12:30

R&R ICE CREAM CONTINUES CHARITABLE SUPPORT IN 2009

R&R Ice Cream – which has a factory at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire - has again supported the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity and Hope & Homes for Children as its official charities in 2009. Each organisation received a donation of £20,000 during 2009.

Rebecca Allenby, corporate partnerships manager at Hope and Homes for Children, said: “Over the last five years R&R Ice Cream has donated over £130,000 to the charity. This generous contribution has helped us rescue children from damaging institutions, support fragile families so that they can stay together and change the way whole governments think about childcare.

“In the current economic climate, being able to count on a level of regular income is more important than ever. Our ongoing partnership with R&R Ice Cream means that we can plan for the future with confidence and make a firm commitment to the children and families who are in the greatest need.

“We would like to say thank you to R&R Ice Cream on behalf of all the children who can now look forward to a future full of hope and happiness as a result of your support.”

In addition, the two charities benefited from R&R’s employees who donated a further £7,000 through payroll giving.

The Rainbow Trust also received a further £20,000 from the Design a Den competition organised in conjunction with R&R’s Fab lolly brand. Half of this money was used to re-furbish the playroom at the charity’s respite centre in Hexham.

The donations were part of a total charitable contribution programme by R&R Ice Cream during 2009 of nearly £100,000 which also included local organisations such as Dalescare and Bedale Football Club as well as the NSPCC and Caravan – the National Grocers’ Benevolent Fund.

Peter Pickthall, training & HR director at R&R Ice Cream, which is the UK’s largest ice cream manufacturer, said: “I am delighted that our partnerships with the two main charities are proving so successful and helping to make a real difference in peoples’ lives. Also, I pay tribute to our employees who continue to be very generous in their support.”

For further information
please contact:
Richard Graham
RGPR
Tel: 01765 640736