Bakkavor colleagues from its UK sites not only celebrated GroceryAid Day on Thursday 9 May they also organised a Big Bakkavor Walk challenge to raise money for their chosen charity partner. GroceryAid offers a whole array of support services to people working in the grocery industry and their families – including counselling, legal advice and help with budgeting and financial grants.
Every year, Bakkavor runs initiatives to support GroceryAid, and this year the business decided to run a single, inclusive initiative that supported both GroceryAid Day (9 May) and Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May) with a theme of ‘movement’.
The Big Bakkavor Walk has been organised by Bakkavor’s Wellbeing Champions across its UK sites to promote the importance of movement and exercise on mental health and wellbeing, an issue Bakkavor supports throughout the year through a range of employee initiatives. Various activities to get moving have been planned from lunch-time walks to long treks. There was not only walking, but a number of other activities organised to promote ‘movement’ from hula-hooping to step and strength challenges.
Highlights from around the UK:
Donna-Maria Lee, chief people officer at Bakkavor commented: “Throughout the year our passionate colleagues in each of our sites do remarkable things to support local causes and charities – everything ranging from food banks to children’s charities. For May, it is wonderful to have people from across our sites doing something together. Mental health is a big priority for our business and it’s also an issue GroceryAid does so much to support – so linking the two with our Big Walk made perfect sense.”
https://www.justgiving.com/page/bakkavor-charity-fundraising-team-bigbakkavorwalk
Source: foodanddrinktechnology.com