Sunday 5 February 2012

Date: 10 August 2009

Sainsbury's Staff Raise £300 For Radio Warneford

Staff at the Sainsbury's store in Leamington Spa have raised money for Radio Warneford, the hospital radio service for South Warwickshire.

The Sainsbury's staff have so far raised £1,500 for local charities. On Friday 7th August, Lucy Vernon and Berkeley Bugg, both from Sainsbury's Colleague Council, visited the Radio Warneford studio complex at Warwick Hospital to present the station with a cheque for £300.

Some of the money will be used to purchase a superb digital camera, one of the top prizes in Radio Warneford's 2009 Grand Raffle Draw taking place at Warwick Market on Saturday 5th September and the most important fund raising event of the year for the station. The rest will be used to continue the service that Radio Warneford provides to patients and staff at Warwick Hospital.

Sara Lister, Radio Warneford Chairman, says "I am thrilled that we have received so much support from Sainsbury's. It means a lot to us that we have been chosen to be one of the local charities to benefit and I'd like to thank all of the Sainsbury's staff for their hard work raising money for the local community."

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Sainsbury's has been a fantastic supporter of Radio Warneford this year, also sponsoring our successful Easter Egg Tombola back in March.

Issued by Andy Dowell, Communications Manager
9 August 2009 (Updated 19 August 2009)

Note To Editors

• Sainsbury's stores across the country raise thousands of pounds each year for local charities and community projects. The company has been awarded a CommunityMark by Business in the Community, recognising the positive contribution they make to communities throughout the UK.
• Radio Warneford is the hospital broadcasting service based at Warwick Hospital in the heart of Warwickshire.
• Volunteer members have been providing quality radio entertainment to both patients and staff at the Warneford and Warwick Hospitals since 1973.
• Radio Warneford is an independent charity (registered no 507582) and is not part of the National Health Service. The station requires financial support from local people and organisations in order to continue its service to patients.
• The Record Library contains around 35,000 tracks including LPs, CDs and 7-inch singles.