Free family party celebrates The Southern Co-operatives 25000 community
support for Play Parks for Hayling

Around 250 people including Mayor of Havant Leah Turner joined a free
family party on Hayling Island to celebrate a local community support
scheme being run by The Southern Co-operative which aims to donate up to
25000 to Play Parks for Hayling.

Families flooded to Hayling Island Community Centre (Saturday 16 May) for
an afternoon of fun in the sun which included a bouncy castle face
painting football competition tombola barbecue with local Three Harbours
Beef burgers and Treagust & Sons Butchers sausages and tastings of local
food and drink from The Southern Co-operatives Local Flavours range.

The 25000 community support scheme was launched by The Southern
Co-operatives Elm Grove store on Hayling Island in December 2014 to
contribute to Play Parks for Haylings 80000 total target. Play Parks
for Hayling aims to replace the play equipment in Hayling parks with modern
and safe playgrounds with Mengham Park identified by the children of
Hayling Schools as the first to be modernised.

The Southern Co-operatives Retail Business Manager Pete Raynor said:
Our store on Elm Grove is a long standing business on Hayling Island and
were proud of our reputation for supporting good causes and local
fundraising. Its great for The Southern Co-operative to be able to help to
provide a play facility that local children really want and will benefit
from so much. Our customers are always so supportive of our community
activities! The family fun day also raised a further 445 for Play Parks
for Hayling.

Mayor Leah Turner added; Play Parks for Hayling is excited and grateful to
be the recipient of the money from this scheme run by The Southern
Co-operative. Our project is for the children of Hayling Island and it
seems very apt that our local The Southern Co-operative store on Elm Grove
is supporting our endeavours. We hope that Hayling residents will support
the store and therefore our project to boost the funds that will be
available to PP4H.

The Southern Co-operatives 25000 community support scheme runs for one
year and needs the support of customers at its Elm Grove store but without
costing them a penny; they simply need to show their membership card for
The Southern Co-operative when they shop there. If not already a member
you can join at thesouthernco-operative.co.uk/membership.