CFINE has benefited from the donation of more than 500 items since the beginning of the year from The Law Practice Solicitors and Estate Agents.
This comes as part of the company’s pledge to support ten local charities during its tenth anniversary year. This adds to a big week for CFINE, the lead partner of the Food Banks Partnership Aberdeen, providing food parcels to those in poverty in the city, having been shortlisted in The Guardian Charity Awards 2015 on Wednesday.
Staff at the Holburn Street-based company were asked to nominate local causes to support throughout the year to ensure the corporate donations were aligned with charities that resonated with the team.
Fiona Rae, deputy chief executive at CFINE, said: “CFINE, on behalf of the Food Banks Partnership Aberdeen, would like to thank The Law Practice for their continued support of our food bank. Their generous donations go a long way in helping us to provide support for excluded and vulnerable people living in Aberdeen. Cfine is delighted with these initial 500 items and the continued pledge from The Law Practice. Regular donations are hugely important to the ongoing service we deliver and has already helped many accessing the food bank facility.”
Margaret Waldron, principal solicitor at The Law Practice, said: “It’s been great to get involved with charitable causes that mean something to members of the team. But the food bank vote actually came from me. It’s so sad that, despite Aberdeen’s wealthy reputation, an increasing number of people in the city are reliant on food parcels to survive. In desperate times, some food banks even have to turn away people, which is heart-breaking. I’m delighted with anything that we can do to support this vital cause in our community and would like to say a big thank you to my team for their ongoing generosity this year.”
Since January The Law Practice has also supported Give Blood Scotland, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Aberlour Child Care Trust, Befriend A Child, Alzheimer Scotland and Crohn’s and Colitis UK.