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GroceryAid £1m fund for school children

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GroceryAid’s School Essentials Grant is providing £1m of support for grocery colleagues school aged children this year, after securing funding from The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust. Now in its fourth year, the fund provides a £150 non-repayable grant for every child of school age, up…

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