Horsham SPAR shop raises money for childline service

Grant Maxfield and Lisa Wass from the Horsham SPAR shop in Coltsfoot Drive, which has raised more tha £250 for the NSPCC Childline School Service - picture submitted

The SPAR store in Horsham has helped the chain raise to raise over half a million pounds for the ChildLine Schools Service in the last 12 months.

SPAR staff and customers at the store in Coltsfoot Drive took part in a range of fundraising initiatives, including a special Stop 4 Tea event where staff sold tea and cakes to customers and hosted a selection of games and a raffle.

They helped raised £263 towards the chain’s total fundraising amount.

There have also been a number of promotions on food and drinks throughout the year to raise money for the service, which is provided by the NSPCC.

SPAR has been working in partnership with the NSPCC and ChildLine since 2006 and has raised a massive £4 million to support the charity’s services, which help many thousands of children and young people every year.

Money raised over the past year has supported the ChildLine Schools Service, a ground-breaking service which has been set up to give primary school children the awareness they need to recognise abuse, and to seek help sooner.

By 2016 trained volunteers from the ChildLine Schools Service aim to have reached 1.7m children through 25,000 school visits in the UK. Through assemblies and smaller classroom-based workshops they will help children to understand abuse, give them the confidence to talk about it and to know who to turn to if they need help.