Findel Education volunteers visited Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery in Dukinfield recently.

The Hyde-based Findel team were there to help pupils and staff create veggie patches for the pupils.

The aim is to grow produce which can then be cooked with grandparents and relatives at home.

The exercise being all about the value of growing your own and the importance of family values.

It’s all part of the work of the Findel Foundation, launched at the end of last year.

The Foundation’s long-term initiative is to provide ongoing support to a range of children’s education, wellbeing and environmental causes throughout the UK.

The Foundation’s ambition is to give back more than £200,000 per year and has started by making volunteering support, donations and funding available of £100,000 in the first 12 months.

The Foundation comprises of six pillars, which are, ‘charities, ‘breakfast clubs’, ‘Findel Forest’, ‘volunteering’, ‘careers’ and ‘leading positive change’. This will involve fundraising for a nominated annual charity, sponsoring breakfast clubs across the UK donating to multiple reforestation and conservation projects, encouraging volunteering among our colleagues, and advising schools and nurseries on how to become more sustainable.

Commenting on the launch of the Findel Foundation, Chris Mahady, Findel’s CEO said: “As a business that cares, we are totally committed to doing good things for education, the environment, the community and each other.

“We have created the Findel Foundation to lead positive change in the educational supplies sector. It is solely focused on positively impacting children and their education because that’s what motivates and inspires our people and customers every day.

“The Foundation and its six pillars are an important part of our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. Our Foundation team have done an extraordinary job taking it from concept to reality and we are excited to now launch and start delivering against our ambitions for it.”

Claire Woolley, who is the head of The Findel Foundation, said: “Our aim is to help support the wider levelling up programme, focus our efforts on areas of concern like children’s mental health and social need. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be part of Findel and play a part in growing education for generations.”

You can read more about the Foundation’s aims and progress at https://www.findel.co.uk/findel-foundation/ 

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