Raising funds for two great Cumbrian charities.

On Friday 12th April 2024, we held our second charity fundraising event at our Rosehill foodstore and head office.

This time we raised funds in aid of two Cumbrian-based charities; Hospice at Home and Oak Tree Animals’ Charity. With the kind donations from customers, colleagues and suppliers we raised a grand total of £1,402.27, meaning each charity received over £701.

On Thursday 9th May, representatives from both charities attended our foodstore to receive their donations.

On the day!

The challenges …

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Supporting music in the north east

We’ve been a long-standing supporter of Sage Gateshead for over five years now and we’re delighted to be renewing our partnership.

This gives our colleagues a chance to visit and enjoy a wide range of musical events at the venue; a place many will visit with their friends, partners, etc for the first time for a great night out!

And, in some more exciting news, last week, Sage Gateshead announced their new name and branding …

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music is a popular music venue based on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead.

Cumbria Life Awards 2023

For the second year running, Cumbria Life Awards were held to acknowledge and honour the wonderful people who are behind the businesses that make Cumbria a great place to live, visit and dine!

We were delighted, once again, to support the event by sponsoring the ‘Best Casual Dining Experience’ category.

This year’s event was held on Thursday 14th September at Carus Green Golf Club, Kendal and was attended by the shortlisted finalists. All the finalists were voted by the Cumbria Life readers which makes this event so special. To be nominated by customers and supporters rather than a panel of judges certainly make the accolade significant!

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Carlisle Utd sponsorship to continue for further five years

We’re delighted to announce that our sponsorship of Carlisle Utd is set to continue for another five years as the team starts the new season in League One.

We have been a long-term supporter of the football club with the sponsorship of a major stand entering its tenth year. From groundboards to match day catering, our support has helped the club many years prior to this too.

Chief executive of Carlisle Utd, Nigel Clibbens, says:

” Pioneer Foodservice is one of the club’s longest supporting businesses. It has provided commercial sponsorship over many decades. Crucially, it has also provided financial backing […]

Supporting a great community project!

On Monday 20th March 2023, we handed over a cheque of £1,673.51 to Carlisle Youth Zone.

Pictured above is Gemma Hodgson, our area sales manager alongside Victoria and Hannah Aspinall from the Youth Zone. Hannah is employed as Senior Youth Worker and Victoria is an Inclusion Team Leader.

We have been a sponsor of the youth project for many years now and each year we are proud to handover a cheque to show our continued financial support.

Carlisle Youth Zone relies on charity donations to run its services to help children from a wide range of backgrounds from across the county. The youth zone is […]

‘Wear it Pink’ day raises valuable funds

On Thursday 6^th October 2022, we held our first ‘Wear it Pink’ day to raise awareness and funds for the Breast Cancer Now charity.

We’re pleased to announce our successful charity event raised a massive total of

£1,013.45!

Our Rosehill colleagues entered into a cycling challenge, bought raffle tickets and took part in competitions to help raise a whopping £845 on the day.

Our customers took advantage of special offers and we made a donation to the charity for each product bought, helping to take the final fundraising amount to over a thousand pounds.

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Celebrating the best of Cumbria!

We always enjoy celebrating and honouring those regional businesses who help put Cumbria firmly on the map. This year we were excited to be one of the sponsors of the first Cumbria Life Readers’ Choice Awards.

Held at Carus Green Golf Club in Kendal on Thursday 22nd September, the awards were an event for honouring businesses from across Cumbria for their outstanding work. Representatives from the shortlisted businesses attended a glittering event which was hosted by television presenter, Kate Walby.

The awards were established as a brand-new way to honour the people and places that make Cumbria special; recognising excellence, innovation and popularity.

Readers were […]

Breast Cancer Awareness – Wear it Pink day

Thursday 6th October 2022

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so we thought we’d take part in not only raising the profile of the cause, but raise some funds for the Breast Cancer Now charity.

We held our ‘Wear it Pink’ fundraising day on Thursday 6th October at both our head office and Rosehill foodstore.

Drum roll, please …!

We raised a whopping £837.45.

We wore pink – pictured above is our sales support team who looked fantastic in their pink gear. A special prize was awarded to Joanne Hastings who looked amazing in her tutu!

Our foodstore customers […]

Supporting young footballers

It’s the start of the football season and this year you’ll see our foodstore logo on a new team’s kit!

We’re honoured to be the proud sponsor of Carlisle Centurion Blues Under 9s team.

Carlisle Centurions FC aim is to help develop the four key attributes identified by the FA that are vital for developing young players: physical, technical, psychological and social. They work hard to help children develop more than just their technical skills as training sessions will also help them to gain confidence, build self-esteem, learn to work as team and improve their decision making.

The team train weekly at Central Academy’s […]

Proud to be a Sage Gatehead supporter

Once again, we’re excited to be supporting Sage Gateshead in its pursuit of musical entertainment and education.

For many years, we’ve been a keen sponsor of Sage Gateshead, a popular music venue based on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead.

Sage Gateshead is passionate about music! The venue’s main focus is to ensure all communities can experience the joys of music.

Sage Gateshead is a charity so they rely on support to bring music to people of all ages, abilities and walks of life, from babies to retirees, people with special educational needs and disabilities to young […]