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1 million Children learning to grow fruit and vegetables through the RHS’ Campaign for School Gardening


“With the Campaign for School Gardening the idea is to try to get children to eat healthily and to understand about creating a little garden. What we’re doing can be summed up as ‘sow, grow, cook and eat’ – showing children how easy it is to plant a seed that will grow into something you can eat. It’s a fantastic scheme and, with concerns about childhood obesity higher than ever, our sponsorship shows how committed we are to the health and wellbeing of future generations.”

Amanda Dance, Event Manager, Waitrose Education


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1,800 People benefi ting from one of four PlayPump™ water systems in africa


Second nature

In honour of our founder, the Partnership runs two charitable bodies that support causes linked to John Spedan Lewis’s own interests in nature, plants and animals.

• The John Spedan Lewis Foundation uses the income from a trust fund to support projects spanning horticulture, birds, insects, conservation and environmental education. The fund donated almost £140,000 in 2008/09 to 21 organisations, an increase of 78% on the previous year that was largely due to the purchase of a large collection of hawkmoths for the natural History Museum and the launch of a three-year PhD studentship.
• The John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences (JSLTAnS) aims to promote an interest in the natural sciences among Partners. The Trust has adopted parts of our Leckford estate (see who we are on page 4) as nature reserves, supports conservation volunteers and runs a programme of annual lectures.

Waitrose Education

Waitrose has a passion for good food and healthy eating, and uses a range of initiatives to encourage children and young adults to eat well and learn where their food comes from. Through Waitrose education, we invested £400,000 in an established range of projects, including our Food for Thought Activity Pack, which has now been requested by 200 secondary schools (52% of all secondary schools in the UK), and free educational workshops involving 21,000 children. The Waitrose education programme was re-accredited by Business in the Community in 2009 and awarded a ‘Big Tick’.

In March 2009, Waitrose announced a three-year sponsorship of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Campaign for School Gardening, which aims to encourage schools to set up gardens, so that pupils learn about plants and gardening. Over 7,000 schools are already involved in the scheme, which aims to get 80% of UK primary schools growing fruit and vegetables by the end of 2010.

One water

One year’s sales of ethical One water through John Lewis catering outlets have raised enough money to fund two PlayPump™ water systems in Africa. The fi rst was installed in a village in Lesotho, where it now brings clean, fresh water to a community of almost 1,800 people, and the second is planned for Malawi. Five pence from each bottle sold goes into a charitable scheme that funds the installation of pumps powered by children’s roundabouts. Waitrose has also funded two PlayPumps™ from sales of One water, one in Lesotho and one in South Africa. Watch a video about the installation of the first PlayPump™ here. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40