Our stores are at the heart of the communities they serve. For us, this is not only about providing great service and quality products, it's also about making a positive difference to our communities and being a good neighbour.
There are practical and economic aspects to this, as well as charitable ones. We provide local jobs for local people, we buy from local suppliers and we help to protect the local environment and make it safer. We support good causes through our Active Kids and Local Charity of the Year schemes and our longstanding partnership with Comic Relief.
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Making a positive difference to our community Visiting Comic Relief projects
Commitments and progress
| Title | Description | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Generating a positive economic impact on communities | We will provide 6,500 new Sainsbury's jobs in 2009/10 through our planned opening of 28 supermarkets and 55 new convenience stores | Achieved – over 6,500 new jobs were created by opening 38 new supermarkets and 51 new convenience stores |
| We will provide 6,500 new jobs in 2010/11 through our planned opening of 17 supermarkets and over 75 new convenience stores | New commitment | |
| Supporting local communities | We will launch our Local Charity of the Year scheme, linking every store, Sainsbury's depot and our support centres to a local charity partner each year | Achieved – we have supported over 750 local charities through the scheme this year |
| We will support community based fundraising and colleague volunteering, encouraging our customers and colleagues to make a positive difference in the local community | New commitment | |
| We will offer local groups and charities space in our stores to support community activities and events, helping bring the community together | New commitment |
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