A member pioneer for Co-op in the local area, Sarah Gratland, has been active in supporting local community groups, raising funds through Co-op members who swipe their Co-op card each time they shop.

This raises money for the community groups in each round. Winscombe Football Club were in round seven, which has just ended.

A total of £1,688.03 had been raised and Sarah (pictured with the Under 9s team) visited the club on Saturday (November 5) at their Winscombe Recreation Ground home for a celebratory photo opportunity and to hand over the cheque for this incredible amount of money that had been donated by shoppers using their ‘Co-op card app’.

The kind-hearted Co-op member pioneer also took along several oranges for three of the Winscombe teams that were playing fixtures on that same afternoon.

It further transpires that Winscombe Football Club were successful in their application to proceed to round eight, so Co-op members have been urged to apply on their app to donate money to their given cause every time they spend money in their local store.