The Week in Retail 87

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COMMUNITY

NISA

Making a Difference Locally charity appoints new trustees

Retailers will join the existing board of trustees to support activity and help shape the charity’s direction going forward.

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isa’s charity Making a Difference Locally (MADL) has named two new trustees to support activity and help shape its direction going forward. Scarborough-based Proudfoot Group Director Valerie Aston and Baz Aslam, Director of Fishpool News in Bury, join the existing board of trustees which comprises members of Nisa’s senior team alongside two independent trustees. Aston has worked at the Proudfoot supermarket group for more than 28 years, which operates four supermarkets, based in Newby, Eastfield, BAZ ASLAM VALERIE ASTON Seamer and Manham Hill. Proudfoot stores has itself supported communities and across the UK would of achieving. I wish to help the charity local causes with more than £110,000 in be lost without. Knowing that something and the hardworking people involved donations raised through MADL to date I will be part of is able to contribute, to to make it better and help out as many and has won numerous Nisa awards for help transform a community, is really people as we can.” its extensive charitable activity within heartening.” Making a Difference Locally will also the local community. Aslam added: “’I’d like to try to bring be launching a new Retailer Forum this Aslam runs Fishpool News, which has a different vision and drive to the charity week to encourage Nisa retailers to share been operated by his family since 2008, as it has the ability to reach out to so their thoughts and feedback on the charand joined Nisa just last year in a bid to many different areas of the community ity and any further support they may that need help, but have limited options need. give his store a new lease of life. The first meeting will take place on Aston said: “What inspires me most in getting it. about MADL is how it supports small “I have seen for myself in a short Thursday 13 January and will be held and local charities that people in our space of time what MADL is capable monthly via video call.

24 I SLRMAG.CO.UK / ISSUE 87 WEDNESDAY 12TH JANUARY 2022


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