Four Westmeath charities receive Aldi Community Grants donations

(Above) Representatives of Vincent’s Kinnegad, the ISPCA, Cancer Support Sanctuary LARCC, and the South Westmeath Hospice (pictured earlier this year), the Westmeath charities that have benefited from Aldi’s Community Grants Programme in the last 12 months, each receiving a €500 bursary.

Four Westmeath charities have received donations as part of Aldi’s Community Grants Programme in the last 12 months.

The programme has seen Aldi donate a total of €2,000 to charities in Westmeath that provide vital services and make a huge difference in their communities.

Vincent’s Kinnegad, the South Westmeath Hospice, Cancer Support Sanctuary LARCC and ISPCA each benefitted from a €500 donation from one of Aldi’s four Westmeath stores.

Aldi employees choose the local charities that the Community Grants programme helps, enabling them to help the local good causes they are passionate about.

More than €250,000 has been donated to more than 340 charities across Ireland since the programme began four years ago.

To mark its 20th anniversary in Ireland in 2019, Aldi staff at its Naas and Mitchelstown regions also voted for two charities, The Society of Saint Vincent De Paul and Pieta House Cork, to receive a further €5,000 in Aldi vouchers late last year.

John Curtin, group buying director, Aldi Ireland, said: “At Aldi supporting the communities that our stores serve is hugely important.

“Each charity selected as part of our Community Grants Programme offers fantastic services to those in need.

“Their dedicated staff and volunteers offer their time and care and now, more than ever, it is vital that we support them.

“Our local store staff are an integral part of the selection process for the donations, meaning they are passionate about the charities chosen in their local communities.”

Aldi’s four Westmeath stores are deeply involved in their communities.

Through its partnership with FoodCloud, its Westmeath stores have donated some 44,200 meals to local charities to date.

Since 2015, Aldi has helped support initiatives including the Aldi Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards and the Aldi Foróige Junior Baking Competition.