The Midcounties Coperative Group was unveiled today as one of the nine new CommunityMark achievers for 2009 by Business in the Community.
The achievers for 2009 are BskyB, Cadbury, EDF Energy, John Laing, Linklaters, Liverpool Football Club, Microsoft (UK), The Midcounties Co-operative and Octink.
The CommunityMark is a “national standard of excellence in community investment”, which was first launched in 2008 and endorsed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prince Charles.
Collectively, new achievers of the CommunityMark have invested £42m in their communities over the past year through corporate giving and fundraising, pro bono and employee volunteering time, in-kind support and commercial initiatives.
More than one million people have benefited from this combined investment, including 871,000 young people and over 200,000 people in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
A total of 29 companies have now achieved the CommunityMark, following the 20 companies that achieved the CommunityMark in 2008.
The Midcounties Co-operative received its CommunityMark by supporting the development of skills in young people through its employee volunteering programmes.
The society also helps the prevention and education of childhood obesity through its “Healthy Hound” programme.
