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Our principles Awards
Gifting apprenticeship levy funds
to SMEs and other organisations
We're always exploring opportunities for gifting
a percentage of our apprenticeship levy funds to
other organisations, either to help SMEs, charities,
organisations within hospitality or other organisations
that deliver training and development to young
people. In 2020/21 we donated £27k to Nationwide
Platforms, which helped fund the recruitment of six
team leader apprentices. Nationwide Platforms deliver
training on safely operating machinery at height, such
as scissor lifts or cherry pickers. We are making plans
for further gifting to other organisations in 2023.
Empowering girls and women
into sustainability careers
We continue to be a corporate supporter of
Catalyse Change, an organisation that recognises
that girls and young women are under-represented
in leadership roles, and often lack the confidence
to realise their potential to become changemakers
for a more sustainable future. One of
their initiatives is to run an annual bootcamp
which aims to inspire and equip women with the
confidence, skills and mentors they need to make
a positive difference. They proactively help young
women who require bursaries to participate, and
this is possible thanks to corporate sponsors.
Our communities
Peas Please
Peas Please, launched by the Food Foundation
in 2017, has a clear mission to make it easier
for everyone in the UK to eat more vegetables
and we're proud to support this initiative.
We pledged to increase our vegetable based
digital web and social communications content
by 50% to encourage greater purchasing and raise
awareness of availability and menu inclusions.
To help promote Peas Please, earlier this year
we updated our website with new content to
promote using veggies, and added three brand
new veg stories about broccoli, green beans and
cauliflower. We are also sharing more recipes
on our website and have run a banner advert
on the home page of our website and multiple
posts on social media to encourage customers to
consider alternative recipes which use more veg.
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