One-O-One has made a significant donation to GroceryAid, as part of its ongoing efforts to provide comprehensive support to its workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
The donation is the latest in a serious of steps by the chain of convenience stores to create meaningful and lasting connections with their team members and customers, with enhanced pay packages and a host of community based charitable initiatives having also been launched since March.
One-O-One has a portfolio of 45 shops in Scotland. Its Group Retail Director Paul Stirling commented: “We feel Grocery Aid is a great charity that will offer invaluable support to our colleagues and enable them to have access to a vital range of financial and wellbeing services.
“We urge our colleagues to get in touch via their 24/7 Helpline whenever they need it and to ensure they make the most of this truly invaluable service. We look forward to supporting Grocery Aid in the future through financial contribution and resource from our teams.”
Steve Barnes, GroceryAid CEO, added: “It’s great to receive this support from One-O-One. Backing like this means we can enhance our assistance for colleagues in need. A great example of this is our GroceryAid Covid-19 Fund that helps grocery colleagues affected by this dreadful disease where we are still to see the full impact.
“We are also grateful to the company for allowing their Retail Area Business Manager, Jim Harper to be Joint Chair of our Scottish Branch.”
The GroceryAid Covid-19 Fund is designed to help colleagues who need support now and throughout the full impact of the pandemic and includes mental health support, crisis grants, and bereavement financial assistance.
The GroceryAid Helpline is available 24/7, 365 days a year on 08088 021 122.
