Papdale Stores put the Carrier Bag Tax to good use

Papdale Primary School were honoured to be chosen by the staff and owners of Papdale Stores as the first benefactors of their new scheme to donate the proceeds of the new carrier bag tax to support chosen charities and worthy causes. The picture shows Fiona Flett, owner of Papdale Stores handing over a cheque for £205.33 to Mr Balfour representing Papdale Primary School.

Fiona said, "all of us at Papdale Stores felt we wanted to do something positive to help the community so we decided we would choose a good cause to support that meant something special to us all.  Between October and December 2014 we chose Papdale School because we wanted to support all the children in our area and know that they are always fundraising for trips and other school resources and equipment. For the next few months the money raised will be going to CRY (Cardiac risk in youth) in memory of Freya Dalrymple, one of our co-workers who tragically died last year aged 17 and is greatly missed by us all".