Falkirk retailers Asiyah and Jawad Javed were praised by King Charles for their incredible community work when they attended a Local Heroes event at Holyrood this Autumn.
“We were very happy and shocked to be invited,” Asiyah told SLR. “King Charles said thank you for all that we had done in the community.”
“Based in their expanding retail premises at Alloa Road Stenhousemuir, the Javeds have assisted many in the community through relentless activity over many years,” said MSP for Falkirk East, Michelle Thomson, who nominated the couple to attend the Scottish Parliament event. “It was really pleasing to hear that they had such an enjoyable day at Parliament.”
Asiyah and Jawad, who recently changed their store name to A&J Alloa Road Shop as part of a switch from Day Today to Spar, spent thousands of pounds creating care packages for the elderly and vulnerable during covid, and they still give out over 100 food packages on a weekly basis to those in need.
Customer Margaret Wilson said: “No one deserves this award more than you both for everything you do for the community.”
While local Robert Beagley described them as “a truly remarkable family who have become a rock in the middle of the local community”.
The event marked 25 years since the Scottish Parliament was officially opened in 1999.
