Specsavers in Hucknall makes donation to Oxygen for India appeal
Staff at Specsavers in Hucknall have donated £450 to help ensure vital oxygen supplies are available to those who need it in India.
Friday, 28th May 2021, 9:00 am
The Hucknall team joined Specsavers stores throughout the UK who have rallied together as a response to the ongoing Covid crisis and to show support for the Oxygen for India appeal.
In total Specsavers has raised more than £230,000.
he Hucknall team, along with store partners from across the country, came together to raise £171,240, and the group contributed a further £60,000 to the cause.
Janet Archer, store director at Specsavers, Hucknall
Specsavers Ammanford directors Sam Hodson and Kevin McCarthy pictured pre Covid-19. STAFF at Specsavers in Ammanford have donated funds to help ensure vital oxygen supplies are available to those who need it in India. Specsavers stores throughout the UK have rallied together as a response to the ongoing Covid crisis and to show support for the Oxygen for India appeal. In total, Specsavers has raised £210,000 so far. Store partners came together to raise £150,000, with the Ammanford store donating £900 and the group contributing a further £60,000 to the cause. Paul Marshall, Specsavers Managing Director, said: This money will be provided to two charities both actively involved in supporting this appeal – the British Asian Trust’s Oxygen for India emergency appeal and The Hope Foundation charity, which our Irish Partners have close links with and will support.
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In his appeal for contribution, he said that we all can make a difference by ensuring as many ‘oxygen concentrators’ to hospitals as quickly as possible