STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND PATRONS
A Samworth Brothers driver makes a delivery of supplies
Samworth Brothers supports national Covid-19 relief effort
Businesses and colleagues from Chamber strategic partner Samworth Brothers have been supporting their communities in many ways during the coronavirus crisis. This has included supplying Soreen malt loaf and Ginsters pasties to local hospitals and charities supporting those in need and delivering in its Leicestershire heartland to the NHS and local community organisations. The firm has been working in close collaboration with food surplus charity FareShare and food redistributor partner The Company Shop.
‘Samworth Brothers has always taken pride in being a responsible business that makes a positive contribution to society’
Its teams in Leicestershire have helped deliver emergency food hampers
to vulnerable families, along with supporting local community organisations in other ways including food drops to Leicestershire hospitals and other key worker locations, such as Leicester Prison and local fire and ambulance stations. It has also helped the Mowbray Education Trust, in Melton Mowbray, deliver important food supplies and co-ordinated a food hamper drop with Blaby Council. The firm’s drivers have played a vital role in the effort undertaking dozens of deliveries.
Across the UK, Samworth Brothers brands have also been supporting the
national effort. In the South West, the Ginsters team is supporting more than 30 charities and has donated more than 21,000 pasties and slices to date, helping to feed frontline teams and charities that support those most in need during lockdown. And Soreen has launched an initiative with Checkout Smart which enables NHS staff and other key workers to redeem thousands of Soreen snacks for free. Other Soreen donations have been to Hotel Football, open to key workers at Old Trafford, and hospitals such as Salford Royal, Nightingale London and Cheltenham and charities such as “The Bread and Butter Thing’ in Manchester. Elsewhere, Samworth Brothers has supplied surplus raw materials to
Compassion London, a group of chefs and volunteers making healthy and nutritious meals for NHS, support workers and vulnerable people. And a development chef at one of its Leicester sites hosted a Zoom cookery teach- in for youngsters supported by its long-term partner, Leicestershire Cares. A company spokesman said: “Over our long history, Samworth Brothers
has always taken pride in being a responsible business that makes a positive contribution to society. “In usual times our businesses are active in supporting our local and wider
communities, so in many cases we are working with existing and long- standing partners, as well as new partners, to help make things happen.”
Access Training reaches major milestone
Chamber strategic partner, Access Training has announced the enrolment of its 5,000th apprentice. As the country continues to face the Covid-19 crisis, it’s entirely fitting that this landmark placement is in the health care sector. The learner in question is Menuka
Basnet, Health Care Assistant for Nottingham Universities Hospitals NHS Trust. Menuka follows a long line of health care professionals whose enrolment on a Level 3 Health Care Apprenticeship has acted as the springboard into becoming a nurse. Corrina Hembury, Managing Director at Access Training,
16 business network June/July 2020
comments on why this particular apprenticeship programme plays such a pivotal role in our society: “Access Training has partnered with Nottingham Universities Hospitals NHS Trust and others in the health care sector for well over a decade. “Our Health Care learners are
currently operating in a number of environments, from hospitals and care homes to day centres for children and young adults with specific medical needs. “At the heart of their training is
compassion. “With so many patients currently
separated from their families, it’s a quality that has never been more important. I’d like to congratulate
Menuka on joining as our 5,000th apprentice. We’ve all witnessed the work of this most caring of professions over recent weeks, and I’ve no doubt others will be compelled to join her number.” Menuka added: “The NHS is
undoubtedly a vital part of our DNA. You can see this in the public’s willingness to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, the weekly clap for NHS and key workers, and in the incredible fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore for NHS charities. "It’s given me an even greater
determination to train to be a nurse. My Access apprenticeship is only the start of this incredible journey!”
Menuka Basnet, Access Training’s 5,000th apprentice
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