SAINSBURY ’ S UPTON PARTNER WITH RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
EDGE & SON PRAISED IN BUTCHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
IN MEMORY OF HESWALL ’ S GRAHAM HURTON
IN BRIEF
SAINSBURY ’ S UPTON PARTNER WITH RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
EDGE & SON PRAISED IN BUTCHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Sainsbury ’ s Upton recently launched their partnership with their new Local Charity of the Year and announced that Ronald McDonald House Arrowe Park will receive a year ’ s worth of fundraising and support .
Merseyside ' s most traditional and celebrated butcher is yet again praised in this year ’ s Butcher of the Year Awards .
Based in New Ferry since 1844 , Edge & Sons joined Delifonseca Dockside earlier this year , which is also renowned for their fabulous produce . Having previously won the Radio 4 Food & Farming Awards and RSPCA Good Business Awards for their real farming , dedicated husbandry and farm to fork approach , they are now delighted to add this to their CV .
Callum Edge , 6th generation butcher at Edge & Son said , “ It has been an utter pleasure joining Delifonseca , and providing the best tasting traditionally bred and fed meat to our customers , new and old in Liverpool . It is an honour to be included in the distinguished list of finalists so soon after joining Delifonseca !”
In celebration , Edges are offering a 15 % discount on all traditional roasting joints for the month of November when this piece is presented at the butchery counter at Delifonseca .
The announcement came after local residents had the opportunity to nominate and vote for their favourite local charity to receive a year ’ s worth of support from the team at Sainsbury ’ s Upton .
Ronald McDonald House , situated on the first floor at Arrowe Park Hospital ’ s Women and Children ’ s unit , provides free ‘ home away from home ’ accommodation to enable families to maintain a degree of normal life while their child is undergoing medical treatment .
The Kennaugh family from the Isle of Man were flown over to Wirral by air ambulance because their baby Kitty was arriving 3 months early . Mum Gemma said “ I was too numb to even start to think about practicalities like where we were going to sleep . All I could think about were the serious medical problems our little girl was trying to overcome … fortunately a room became available at the Ronald McDonald House just as I was discharged from maternity .”
“ Over the days and weeks Kitty became more stable . Residing a floor above your sick baby took a lot of the fear and anxiety out of leaving them to eat and sleep . There is simply no way to describe how awful being separated from your new born baby is … but what we would have done without this House , I honestly can ’ t even contemplate .”
The charity has events and open days where parents can return with their little ones and catch up with lifelong friends they have made while staying there . The House recently celebrated its 7th birthday with a Party and Upton Sainsbury ’ s Joan Morrell helped with judging the ‘ Bake off ’.
Mike Paterson Store Manager at Sainsbury ’ s Upton added : “ We had a very successful launch for our new Local Charity of the Year , Ronald McDonald House Arrowe Park . I ’ d like to thank all of our customers for their support ”.
The Local Charity of the Year scheme is now in its eighth year and has raised over £ 11 million to support local charities since 2009 .
IN MEMORY OF HESWALL ’ S GRAHAM HURTON
The Heswall Society honoured the memory of Graham Hurton , who was treasurer from 2001- 2015 , by planting a tulip tree in the grounds of Heswall Hall .
Mr Hurton was also chairman of the Heswall Hall Trust at the time ownership transferred from the Council to the Trust . The ceremony was attended by Mr Hurton ’ s son , Martyn , and his family , other family members and lifelong friend Ann Dutton , in addition to current and past committee members of the Heswall Society , and representative of Heswall Hall Trust and staff .
“ My dad would think that this is far too much fuss ,” said Martyn . “ But I ’ m very glad it ’ s happening .”
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