Co-op staff beat voluntary work target (From Witney Gazette)

Co-op staff beat voluntary work target

7:26am Friday 11th January 2008 in Headlines

STAFF at the Midcounties Co-op are celebrating after beating their target for community work with weeks to spare.

The society, based in Botley Road, set workers the challenge of completing 11,000 hours of community work over 12 months to the end of January.

But the ambitious target was passed in November and and now more than 13,000 hours have been logged, with challenges ranging from building a butterfly garden at SS Mary and John churchyard in Cowley Road, Oxford, to storytelling at the Children's Food Festival in Abingdon. The time donated has a total value of £192,655.

The Co-op allows its staff 22.5 paid hours each year which they can use for voluntary work.