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Freshney Place Shopping Centre launches partnership with Generations Church Pantry 

Freshney Place Shopping Centre has announced a new partnership with Generations Church Pantry, to support the local community.

Generations Church Pantry is a community organisation based on the Willows Estate to bridge the gap between supermarkets and food banks. Using surplus food from supermarkets, The Pantry makes the cost of the weekly shop more affordable. The scheme operates on a membership basis, which is free to sign up to, and members can come and shop for just £4, saving approximately up to £20 per shop.

As the cost of living crisis continues, Freshney Place is inviting visitors to the shopping centre to donate food, toiletries and baby items which can be dropped off at the Customer Service Desk, near HMV.

The partnership comes under the banner of the Freshney Foundation, supporting the community and will be part of the many charitable initiatives hosted at the shopping centre throughout the year.

Amanda Austin, centre director at Freshney Place says: “With our town centre position the shopping centre has been a part of the local community for fifty years. As living costs continue to spiral we are keen to utilise our location to raise awareness of initiatives such as this and support those who are struggling to make ends meet.

“We support numerous organisations throughout the year, Generations Church Pantry stood out in its unique approach in offering access to food, in addition to their wrap around support for those in the community.”

In addition to providing food, Generations Church Pantry offer support to people such as courses on debt management through CAP and cooking lessons.

Items most needed include toiletries, baby items such as baby food and formula, dried and tinned food, cereals, tea/coffee and cordial.  These items can be taken to our Customer Service Desk, near HMV, in Freshney Place.

Our Have a Heart campaign is coming to an end; but there is still time to help!

Our amazing charities have let us know that they are urgently in need of gift items for children aged14 to 17 , as well as the following gift items:

Reading books, warm pyjamas, hats, scarves & gloves, fluffy dressing gowns, Oodies, colouring books, crayons, pencils, activity books and family games.  

Can you kindly help and put a smile on a child’s face this Christmas? If so, please drop an unwrapped gift at our Customer Service Desk, near HMV, by Sunday 18^th December.

Due to Royal Mail Strikes the last day for posting your Letter’s to Santa will be today (12/12/22) at 2pm! We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Freshney Place Shopping Centre is launching its annual Have a Heart campaign on Monday14 November in partnership with BRIC and the NSPCC.

The annual campaign embraces the season of giving, by inviting visitors to donate a gift to a young person in the local area,

Customers are invited to take a tag from the tree located at Freshney Place’s Customer Service Desk, near HMV which contains a child’s age and gender. They then buy a gift and return the unwrapped item and tag back to the Customer Services Desk.

Amanda Austin, centre director at Freshney Place said: “Times are tight for many families and Have a Heart aims to ease the burden a little by providing gifts for children who might not receive anything otherwise.

This is such a popular event and the public’s response has been overwhelming in recent years. We hope we will be able to donate more gifts than ever, so would appeal to all our customers to get involved.”

People can kindly donate gifts between Monday 14th November to Sunday 18th December 2022 at Freshney Place Customer Service Desk, near HMV.

Late Night Opening Hours:

Thursday 1st December – 22nd December until 8pm

Christmas Week 23rd December until 8pm

Free parking from 5pm on late night shopping evenings

Please note individual store opening times may vary

Thursday 1st December – until 20:00 

Thursday 8th December – until 20:00 

Thursday 15th December – until 20:00 

Thursday 22nd December – until 20:00 

Friday 23rd December – until 20:00 

Saturday 24th December – 08:30 to 16:30 

Sunday 25th December – Closed 

Monday 26th December – 10:30 to 16:30 

Tuesday 27th December – 10:30 to 16:30 

Saturday 31st December – 08:30 to 16:30 

Sunday 1st January 2023 – Closed 

Monday 2nd January 2023 – 10:30 to 16:30 

Would you like to make someone smile this Christmas? Post a letter, Christmas card or a picture to someone who may not receive one, in Santa’s Post Box ? The Post box is located near BB’s.

Freshney Place Terms and Conditions for social media competitions

• One entry per person
• All entries to be submitted via Facebook or Instagram
• No responsibility will be accepted for entries that are illegible, delayed or damaged electronically or online during the promotion
• There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition
• Automated/bulk entries and entries from third parties will be disqualified
• Winner details will be announced on Freshney Place Shopping Centre Facebook page
• Entries from people using multiple email addresses will be disqualified
• The winning entries will be drawn shortly after the closing time/ date
• Prizes are as stated, are not transferable and there is no cash alternative
• Entries to all free prize draws must be received as stated by the closing date specified
• By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions
• Entries that are not submitted in accordance with these terms and conditions will be disqualified
• Freshney Place Shopping Centre does not take responsibility for any prizes damaged in transit or collection
• By entering this competition you are agreeing to have your photograph taken for media purposes
• Freshney Place employees and tenants cannot enter this competition
• Entries submitted after 12pm on 28 October 2022 will not be valid
• Prizes are as per the photograph and may differ and cannot be exchanged