The Jempson Foundation are delighted to donate £5000 to Rye Food Bank, bringing the total donations so far to £35,000, given by the amazing local community and Jempson’s.

“All the volunteers working in the Rye Food Bank are immensely encouraged by the wonderful, open generosity of this community, as evidenced by this cheque and we’re very, very grateful. In dark days, this gift translates to a bright ray of hope for many people, and we promise that we will use every penny carefully and for the good of those most in need. We’re so pleased to work in close partnership with Jempsons, and we’re deeply appreciative of all that they do for us. Thank you all!” Bob Harper, Rye Food Bank

Get 8p a litre off FUEL at our Jempson’s Express Petrol Station, when you spend £50 or more in any of our Stores*

Jempson’s, helping you save.

Terms and Conditions Apply. Offer runs 20th February – 11th March

Terms and Conditions – excludes Northiam and Petrol Station- shop or forecourt, Pharmacy, Post Office Counters, Cigarettes/Tobacco, Spirits & Gift Cards. Coupon must be produced at point of purchase, one voucher per transaction – offer runs until 11th March 2023.

The Jempson Foundation are delighted to make a donation to the Wittersham School Association.

“This was a request from the children on the School Council who asked if a bird hide, binoculars and other learning resources could be purchased for the Wildlife Garden here at the School. Lockdown saw many children become interested in birdwatching and we use this space during lunchtimes and Wildlife Club. It is really good to have the support of Jempson’s, it means a lot to the children to know that the wider community are taking an interest in their wellbeing and development – they feel heard and valued” Claire, Headteacher

The Jempson Foundation are very pleased to make a donation to Warming up the Homeless, a Charity based in Bexhill on Sea who support vulnerable men, women and children who are experiencing homelessness, food poverty and social isolation.

“This donation will go towards the Jubilee Party we are organising for up to 55 homeless children, who are currently living in emergency accommodation hostels. They will have had their whole life turned upside down so to give them some normality at this time will be so good. Thank you to Jempson’s for their contribution to help make this possible” Trudy, CEO Warming Up The Homeless

The Jempson Foundation are delighted to make a donation to Community Poppy Knitters in Hawkhurst to support their Summer Community Activities and Hawkfest 12^th-14^th August 2022!

“The Kids Club we run for three weeks during the school holidays, provides hot meals, craft and sports activities. Thank you to Jempson’s for donating to this cause which will give children healthy, positive experiences during the Summer Holidays.” Lisa, Community Poppy Knitters

The Jempson Foundation are delighted to make a donation to Bexhill Caring Community to help celebrate their volunteers!

“The first week of June is Volunteering Week and we are holding a Cream Tea to thank our Volunteers for their hard work and dedication. They give up their time to help as Befrienders, Drivers and Volunteers in the Day Centre and Home Library Service for the elderly and their commitment and time is highly valued. We’d like to thank Jempson’s for their wonderful donation to make this event possible.” Jackie, Bexhill Caring Community

Last orders!

With 10 days to go, book your tickets now for this up close and personal cookery demonstration with Celebrity Chef Jack Stein – Chef Director at Rick Stein, Author, Mentor and TV Star!

Events will be held at 6pm and 8pm on Friday 13^th May in our Peasmarsh Restaurant.

Book your tickets now at www.jempsons.com/product/jempsons-meet-the-expert-with-jack-stein/

*Special offer – groups of 4 for the price of 3 – follow the instructions online – Limited Availability*

With thanks to our partners of this event;
Peroni – The True Taste of Italy
McDougalls Flour – Baking with Love since 1864
Hardy’s Wines – Established 1853
Lurpak – Good Food Deserves Lurpak

Jempson’s are proud to support our local farmers, growers, producer and services, as well as the communities that we are privileged to serve.

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible events that are unfolding in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are foremost in our thoughts and we stand in solidarity with them.

It is therefore with immediate effect, that the beneficiary of all our in-store charity boxes will be transferred to fundraising for those whose lives have been affected at this desperately difficult time.

All Jempson’s stores and the Rye Bakery outlets are offering customers and colleagues the opportunity to give their support by way of a voluntary donation of £1 when at our store till points. We will match this, with all the donations received to our in-store charity collection boxes, up to £10,000.

All monies raised will be donated to the ‘Salvation Army Disasters Fund’.

The Salvation Army have emergency teams stationed in Ukraine, as well as Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and other surrounding countries.

Let’s try and reach £20,000 in the coming weeks to reach those in urgent need.

Thank you for your support,

Stephen and all at Jempson’s.

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Rye College to support their Eco Clubs Bike rack project.

Amy Biddle from Rye College said “Rye College runs a very passionate extra-curricular Eco Club who meet once a week to discuss green initiatives and raise money via their regular bake sales to help fund some of their plans. These include; funding for greener spaces including a student led wildlife friendly garden and vegetable patch, a new bike rack and shelter to encourage more students to bike to school, improve recycling facilities within the school and working with the canteen to reduce waste and promote reusable materials. Their aim is for more sustainable and greener school environment for all to enjoy”.

She continued “We are very grateful for the very kind donation given to us by the Jempson’s Foundation. We are delighted to now have enough funding for our new bike shelter which will make a big difference to lots of students in our community. Thank you Jempson’s!”

Stephen Jempson said ‘The Jempson Foundation was established to extend our support to the local communities where we operate our stores. It was with tremendous pleasure that we made this donation to Rye College’s Eco-Club for their bike shelter and that this support will make a difference to those that attend and their Eco-Club’s green initiative’.

The much-loved Saturday Morning Chef and television personality James Martin hosted three cookery demonstrations at our Peasmarsh Superstore on Friday 1st October.

The sold-out event was a resounding success, seeing the chef cooking recipes from a number of his books, Barnsley lamb chops with onion squash, pumpkin gnocchi and crispy sage, sirloin steak with Roscoff onions and miso butter, crab beignets with lemon mayonnaise and waffles with pecan and maple butter, he then signed copies of his book ‘Islands to Highlands’ as well as the brand new ‘Butter’.

Stephen Jempson said ‘It was a genuine pleasure to welcome James back again to the store, we hope that our guests thoroughly enjoyed their evening, it certainly looked as though they did, we would like to thank them for coming as well as our event partners, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, McDougalls Flour, Lurpak Butter, Hardy’s Wine and Peroni Italia for their support’. He continued ‘We have already booked two celebrity chef’s for next year’s ‘Meet the Expert’ events in June and December, our customers are in for a treat, we look forward to announcing them soon!

Our Peasmarsh Superstore played host to a number of Bank Holiday Charity Boot Fairs, with this year’s proving very popular, which in turn helped to raise a significant amount of money for local good causes.

This year’s car boots attracted hordes of sellers and enthusiastic bargain hunters, with over £1,300’s being raised.

All the money from the sales of pitches and collections on the day, were donated to Rye & District Community Transport, Rye & District Day Centre and Rye Hospital. The Easter Monday event was called off due to Covid-19 Lockdown restrictions.

Stephen Jempson said ‘Our Boot Fairs are a well-established event in the Jempson’s calendar. We take great pleasure in offering our services for the benefit of local good causes and the community over-all. Thank you to everyone who attended. We look forward to welcoming even more traders and bargain hunters to next year’s Bank Holiday events’

Pat Hughes from Rye & District Community Transport said ‘It was just lovely! Following lockdown, it was brilliant to see people so happy!’

Rye & District Day Centre’s Bill Coleman said ‘We would like to thank Jempson’s for all their support for the Day Centre, both from these events and their donations at Christmas’

Pictured are Pat Hughes (Rye & District Community Transport) Bill Coleman (Rye & District Day Centre) with Dominic Plomer-Roberts from Jempson’s