Jempsons

Foundation Donation to Rye Scouts

The Jempson Foundation has contributed £500 to Rye Scouts new building project.

The groups new building will replace the current Scout hut & will be constructed on land adjacent to the leisure centre, the first phase is due to be completed by February 2012.

Stephen Jempson said ‘The Scout Association’s aims are to promote the development of young people within a safe environment. Their current premises are no longer suitable for this purpose as it is too small, old & in a poor state, with no outdoor area’. He continued ‘It is because of this that it gives us tremendous pleasure to make this donation to the 1st Rye Scouts’.

William Perfitt Group Scout Leader said ‘On behalf of 1st Rye Scout Group I would like to thank Jempson’s for this grant, it is very warmly received & will make a lot of difference to our building work’.

Photographed are William Perfitt, the 1st Rye Scouts & Dominic Plomer-Roberts from The Jempson Foundation.

Foundation Contribution to Beautiful Battle

‘Beautiful Battle’ a voluntary community team who actively create & maintain gardens, planters & hanging baskets within the historic market town received a £250 donation from The Jempson Foundation as a contribution towards the tidying up process of Market Square.

Stephen Jempson said ‘Market Square is one of the main pedestrian entries into Battle & the forecourt to our Jempsons Budgens supermarket’ he continued ‘Beautiful Battle arranged for the grass mowing to be done, four volunteers tend the garden areas & a delightful plant bed has been added outside the store, they have absolutely transformed the area & we are delighted to make this contribution towards the upkeep of the square’.

Simon Alexander Beautiful Battle Chairman said ‘It is always a pleasure to work closely with our sponsors & the evidence is readily visible in Market Square’.

Pictured are Rikky Easter & Mary Pannel from Jempson’s Budgens & the Market Square Gardeners, Geoff & Sheila Lawrence with John & Sylvia Cherrington.

Foundation Makes a Difference Locally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Jempson Foundation Charity recently donated a total of £900 to a number of good causes & organisations within the local community.

Beneficiaries of the Foundation’s support include Pett Level Rescue Boat Association £250, Beckley Park Cricket Club £100, 2nd Rye Guides £100, Rye Wurlitzer Academy £200, Winchelsea Methodist Chapel £100, Burr Social Club £50 & Battle Arts £100.

Stephen Jempson said ‘The Foundation receives its funding via a number of channels, company profits, donations & rebates from key suppliers as well as through the sale of specific products instore branded with the ‘Make A Difference’ emblem’. He continued ‘Every time a purchase is made on an item with this symbol, the manufacturer guarantees to donate a small amount per sale’. He added ‘It’s great to see the positive impact these donations have on our local communities & how much each donation, irrespective of size, makes a difference’.

Andrew Jempson said ‘We hope that these donations from our Foundation will help these local good causes continue with the excellent work that they undertake or help with their fundraising for specific projects’.

Pictured are John Pulfer – Pett Level Rescue Association, Terry Novis – Winchelsea Methodist Church, David Martin & John Booker – Pett Level Rescue Association, Lois Benton – 2nd Rye Guides, June Harris & Brian Hall – Burr Association & Jempson’s Customer Services Manager Nigel Carter.

 

 

 

Foundation’s Further Contribution to Village Hall

The Peasmarsh Memorial Hall Committee received a welcome boost recently to its restoration appeal by way of a further £500 donation from the Jempson Foundation.

The Memorial Hall has served the village for 85 years & is deteriorating almost to the point of becoming unusable.

Stephen Jempson said ‘I regularly pass the Hall & see the Fundraising Target located outside & a decision was made by the Foundation Trustees to extend our support to the restoration of this needed local facility’.

Andrew Jempson added ‘Our association with this hall stems back to our childhood, it gives us real pleasure to be able to offer a financial contribution to its restoration’.

Hilary Pankhurst Secretary to the Memorial Hall Committee said ‘On behalf of the Memorial Hall Committee I would like to thank the Jempson Foundation for its ongoing support of the Hall restoration project’. She continued ‘The Memorial Hall is one of the few surviving village halls of its style & we are very keen to retain its original features whilst updating it to be fit for purpose for the community of Peasmarsh in the 21st Century’.

For further details of the Jempson Foundation or to make an application, please click here www.jempson-foundation.org

Pictures are Jempson’s Supervisor Mark Sturmer & Hilary Pankhurst from the Memorial Hall Committee.

Foundation Donation for Peasmarsh Memorial Hall

The Jempson Foundation charity has made a £500 donation to the Peasmarsh Memorial Hall Committee to help with the refurbishment of the villages’ hall.

The Memorial Hall has served Peasmarsh for 85 years and is deteriorating almost to the point of becoming unusable.

Stephen Jempson said ‘This village hall is a central part of our community life; its deterioration has resulted in a reduction in community activity, support for the refurbishment of this facility is greater than ever. We have a close affinity and association with this hall and it gives us great pleasure to be able to offer a financial contribution to its restoration’.

Andrew Jempson added ‘Stephen and I have lived in the village for many years and enjoyed using the facilities from a young age, at school, special events and exhibitions. We wholeheartedly support the renovation of this building to retain and improve the facilities for future generations’.

Hilary Pankhurst Secretary to the Peasmarsh Memorial Hall Committee said ‘We would like to thank The Jempson Foundation for their very generous donation which will go towards the refurbishment of the 1914-18 Memorial Hall and is a great boost to our fundraising efforts’ she continued ‘We appreciate Jempson’s ongoing support in the local community of which we are at this time the delighted beneficiaries’.

Pictured are The Peasmarsh Memorial Hall Committee and Jempson’s Customer Services Manager Nigel Carter.

Rye United FC Support

Our Rye supermarket has offered its support to Rye United Football Club by way of a £536.26 donation and a touchline advertising hoarding.

The money presented was raised for The Quarterboys through sales of raffle tickets along with collections and donations from the stores customers.

Rye FC Chairman Clive Taylor said ‘I would like to thank Jempson’s management and staff or their continuing support to the club. We have at last been able t0 move back onto the Salts to play our home games, but the task of rebuilding lies ahead, and contributions like Jempson’s will go a long way towards achieving this goal’. He continued ‘It is particularly pleasing that local support from Jempson’s customers has been channelled to assist the local football club, and widen the appeal into the Rye community as a whole rather than just to the sporting element’.

Andy Jackson Manager of the Rye supermarket said ‘To be able to offer financial support to our local organisations gives us great pleasure. I would like to extend our thanks to Andrew & Stephen Jempson for donating the raffle prizes, and we would also like to wish Rye United good luck for the remainder of the season’.

Stephen Jempson added ‘We are delighted with the response from our Rye customers, we would like to thank them very much for their generosity and participation in the raffle, and thanks to our staff for organising this activity’.

Pictured are Alan Bolden (finance officer, Rye United), Bob Wall (Jempson’s Greeter and Rye United committee member) and Andy Jackson (store manager).

‘Fish Fight’ Campaign Support

Hugh’s ‘Fish Fight’ is a new campaign by food/cookery writer & broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, which aims to tackle some of the problems that decades of overfishing have caused, & to highlight the issue of fish ‘discards’, a product of the quota system that restricts the number of any one species that can be caught & which forces fishermen to throw surplus dead fish over the side of the boat.

Jempson’s are keen advocators of responsibly sourced fish & fully support Hugh’s ‘Fish Fight’ campaign.

Andrew Jempson said ‘We feel that discarding perfectly good fish due to legislation makes no sense, we will be lending our support to the campaign & will be actively promoting in-store the sale of sustainably sourced fish’. He continued ‘There is an increasing cause for concern & we would like to help raise awareness of diminishing stocks, especially due to our proximity to Rye & Hastings fisheries’.

Dave Masters Jempson’s Fresh Food manager added ‘Half of all fish caught in the North Sea are thrown back overboard, as a responsible supermarket we can help you identify which fish are from well managed sources & delicious easy to cook alternatives to cod, haddock & other overfished species’.

You can get involved in the campaign & add your support by visiting www.fishfight.net

Pictured are fishmonger Camilla Barry & Fresh Food manager Dave Masters holding Coley & Plaice – great alternatives to cod & haddock.

Jempson Foundation Donation Hits the Back of the Net

The plight of Rye United Football Club received a welcome boost with a £500 donation towards the cost of rebuilding the Sidney Allnutt Pavilion struck by arson from The Jempson Foundation Charity.

Stephen Jempson said “We where very saddended when we read about the arson attack in the Rye & Battle Observer, and we felt compelled to help the club in its quest to return to its own ground. Having been in a position ourselves in 1997 when nearly everything you have worked for is lost by fire you need all the support you can to carry on”.

Andrew Jempson continued “The club has done a considerable amount to work on The Salts ground and this crime has undermined all that, we felt overwhelmingly that we had to assist”.

Clive Taylor Chairman of R.U.F.C. said “We are very grateful for the generous contribution from the Jempson Foundation, particularly that a local retailer has been able to support us whereas prospective national chains have not. It is vital that we can attract financial help with the running costs of both the 1st team and Reserves, given that we have no income from home games which now have to be played away, due to the actions of mindless vandals”.

Jempson’s are committed to helping and supporting the local community.

Ever since the company was started by George Thomas Jempson in 1935 we have been assisting local projects and groups with funds to enable them to improve or advance their aims or facilities.

The Jempson Foundation has been created by Andrew and Stephen Jempson, co-owners of our supermarkets, cafes and petrol filling station, to principally support local projects and charities, and has been launched this year to coincide with the companies 75th Anniversary.

The company receives many requests every month from various parties, groups and associations. It has been felt for quite a while that to direct our funds to the most appropriate beneficiaries a more formal procedure had to be setup.

The Foundation is funded from company profits, donations and rebates from our key suppliers.

For application details visit the Jempson Foundation website or click here – www.jempson-foundation.org

Pictured are Jempson’s Tom Loveless and Rye United FC Chairman Clive Taylor.

Battle Jempson’s/Budgens Celebration Day

Our Jempson’s/Budgens supermarket in Battle mark our 75th Anniversary with a Fun Day that also heralded significant improvements within the store itself and also offered fundraising support as well as profile awareness to several local charities.

The day hosted a series of events throughout and attractions included a face painter, Latin style dance demonstration, Pimm’s tent, stalls, BBQ, competitions and a raffle.

There where stalls from Battle Area Community Transport and Brown Bread Horse Rescue amongst others, and the proceeds from the BBQ, along with the accompanying food, where donated to the Battle Bonfire Boyes, the town Mayor David Hussey attended to cut a specially commissioned Anniversary cake.

A local school competition was held to design a special ’75th Anniversary’ birthday card, prizes included a set of family tickets to Yesterday’s World, a group ticket for a Jempson’s Bakery Tour at the Peasmarsh Superstore and book vouchers.

The in-store raffle raised £200 which was donated to the Daniel Gamble Memorial Fund, who will use the donation for a much needed new War Memorial flag pole.

Adam Johnson Event Organiser said, ‘We had a wonderful day, and are delighted that our event helped raise awareness to some of our local charities as well as some much deserved fundraising. We would like to thank all of the local business that supported the day by way of donations and prizes, the local community and customers for their continued support’.

Stephen Jempson added ‘Our Battle supermarket has worked considerably hard recently to further improve the service we give our customers, and it gives us tremendous pleasure to be able to host events such as this to support the community in which we are proud to serve’.

…As seen on TV !!

On Tuesday 26th July our Peasmarsh Superstore and Jempson’s/Budgens supermarket in Rye where featured in the new ITV1 cookery programme ‘Ten Mile Menu’ which was broadcast across the UK.

The programme pits celebrities against one another in a unique fast-pace culinary challenge. Each show sees two teams who compete to produce the best three-course menu with locally sourced ingredients.

Celebrity Chef Paul Rankin and Jenni Falconer sourced some of their ingredients at our Rye Jempson’s/Budgens store, whilst our Peasmarsh Superstore played host to Chef Ed Baines and TV Adventurer Charley Boorman.

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