It was lovely to spend time this morning at Ramsbottom Pantry to see how they run things as we have been working alongside them since November when they started with weekly customer donations and seasonal store donations 💖

We're giving away 2.5 million packets of sunflower seeds to all our customers, and local communities as part of our seeds of Hope campaign! Don't forget to pick up your pack when next in store. We'd love to see photos of your sunflowers growing! #makegoodthingshappen #seedsofHope

May Shipperbottom was inspired to launch a cookbook in memory of her dear friend and Bury Hospice fundraiser, Michelle King, who died last year. The cookbook will be on sale for £9.99 and will be launched at the ‘Cheer For Charity’ event in The Rock on Saturday, June 19.

Good luck to the team from Chunky Chicken and my Dessert who are doing their Snowdon Trek today to raise funds for Bury Hospice. Anyone wanting to sponsor the Snowdon climb and help the lads reach £10,000 should visit justgiving.com/fundraising/bu… #HereForYou #BuryHospice30

Huge thanks to Alyson Community Champion for Morrisons in Ramsbottom for the kind donations of bottles water and fresh fruit for the new walking group starting on 1.8.2021.💧🍏🍊 #communityspirit @GmWalks Bury Town of Culture Walk the Plank Lifestyle Service - Bury Council Pritesh Patel BuryVCFA Kind Manchester

Team mates from Chunky Chicken and My Dessert are today embarking on a Snowdon trek to raise money for Bury Hospice. They have smashed their fundraising target of £7,533, the daily running cost of the Hospice and have now reached a phenomenal £10,285. justgiving.com/fundraising/bu…

Huge shout out for Alyson Maughan - Community Champion for continiously supporting our #Lilypad initiative to end period poverty in #Bury #letsendperiodpoverty @ballydonna @Kathy_T_Bury Clare Cummins 💙 Mel @ Pisces Bury Council Ummrana Farooq Huma Rukhsar Farooq BuryVCFA @burylco Andrea Simpson

Thank you to Alyson Maughan - Community Champion & Brandlesholme Community Centre & Foodbank for your continuous support towards the donations of cultural appropriate perishables & fresh produce. #healthylifestyle Susan Southworth Bury Council BuryVCFA pennyappeal.org Bury Care Organisation Lifestyle Service - Bury Council

Jigsaw Bury Jigsaw Link enjoyed their Christmas lunch! Thank you Alyson Maughan - Community Champion for donating soup and to @TheSizzleSisters for the Afternoon Tea boxes. It was great to see Home Instead Bury visit 👍🧩🎄🎅🥪🍰🍜#christmasiscoming #happy

It was fantastic to welcome Labour’s shadow Work and Pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth alongside James Frith MP & Clare Cummins 💙 down to the pantry today to show them all that we do to help the Ramsbottom community. Thank you for your visit. 🌹💖

The pandemic has shone on a light on sharpe inequalities & desperate insecurities in the economy. Covid knocked so many off a tightrope. The Universal Credit cut is a real hammer blow. Yesterday I visited two food banks in Bury with James Frith MP to hear people’s real stories.