We, like countless groups before us, have benefited immeasurably from the guidance and support of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots administration team many times over and were therefore extremely disappointed to learn of the impending financial situation, which threatens the programmes very existence. As a group we have been very lucky to be nominated for a number of local and national awards as a consequence of our association with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Programme and we have found that the publicity generated on these occasions is an extremely important means of raising awareness not only of our own activities but other issues as well. With that in mind we took the rather bold step of nominating Dr Goodall in …

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We have some wonderful news to share with all our members this month. The Tesco Charitable trust has joined the R&S programme as one of our key sponsors.

The Trust was set up on 1 June 1987 to support national and local community charities and aims to help Tesco support the local communities in the following ways:

On a local level, to support the needs of employees, customers and communities around their stores;
On a national level, to support initiatives that address identified need through existing charities’ activities;
On an international level, to help the business and supply chain make a difference in their …

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