Aldi stores in Co Kildare to give money to several local groups

Several Co Kildare charities are to benefit from new Aldi Ireland community support fund.

Some 12 Foróige Youth Clubs and Projects will have access to the €840,000.

Each of Aldi’s six stores in Kildare has been provided with a bursary fund to be allocated annually to charities and not-for-profit community organisations operating within the local communities served by each store.

The local charities to be supported will be selected by the stores’ employees.

Each of Aldi’s County Kildare stores have been assigned a “Charity Champion” to co-ordinate the programme at a local level and work closely with the local charities.

Finbar McCarthy of Aldi Ireland, said “Contributing to the local communities our County Kildare stores serve is something that we truly believe in and we are proud to be supporting the important work done by charities and not-for–profit organisations across County Kildare.

"We are also encouraging all our staff to get involved with their local charities and not-for-profit groups and help make a difference to people’s lives in their local communities.”

The announcement was made as Aldi also confirmed that County Kildare’s Foróige Youth Clubs and projects are set to benefit from Aldi’s €840,000 three year national partnership with youth development agency Foróige.

Aldi’s funding will help support a number of youth development programmes and projects such as the “Big Brother, Big Sister” youth mentoring programme and national programmes such as “Citizenship, Entrepreneurship and Leadership”.

Aldi will partner with Foróige, Irish Cancer Society, FoodCloud, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) and WEEE Ireland in 2016 across a number of exciting initiatives as part of its 2016 community support programme.

Foróige, FoodCloud, SVP and WEEE Ireland all feature in Aldi’s current “I buy it” television campaign that highlights Aldi’s work and participation in local communities.