Northwood Charity Supported by Amazon Knowsley Team

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Published: April 3, 2024

A Northwood charity has received a £1,000 donation from Amazon in Knowsley.

Northwood Community Centre Association exists to bring together members of the Northwood community. The charity oversees the running of Northwood Community Centre, which facilitates activities and training for several local organisations, including an onsite nursery.

The donation will go towards a weekly social group at the centre for pensioners, where the group get involved in ‘knit and nattering’ followed by lunch and a game of bingo.

Christian Stewart, Site Leader at Amazon’s Knowsley fulfilment centre, said:

“Our team is proud to be supporting Northwood Community Centre Association, an organisation that has an integral impact on the Northwood community.”

Jacqueline Deboe, CEO at Northwood Community Centre Association, added:

“I would like to thank Christian and all at Amazon in Knowsley for this donation. This support will help us as we keep the people in our community at the heart of all we do.”

Community donations [and employee volunteering] are just two of the ways Amazon supports the communities where it operates. Amazon co-founded the Multibank initiative with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to support families in poverty. The Multibank ‘Brick-by-Brick’ opened in Wigan in 2023, with The Brick, providing surplus essentials donated by Amazon and others, directly to those in need. The initiative has donated more than 2 million goods to over 200,000 families across Scotland, Wales and Greater Manchester.

Amazon has supported more than 500,000 students across the UK with free computer science and STEM education programmes through Amazon Future Engineer. Amazon helps community organisations transport meals and other essentials to families in need through its pro bono logistics programme, Amazon Local Good, including more than seven million healthy breakfasts to children at risk of hunger in partnership with Magic Breakfast.

Amazon partners with Comic Relief to help people tackle poverty and is the official home of the charity’s iconic Red Nose. Together with its employees, customers, and partners, Amazon has raised over £4.8 million to fund projects that support people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and tackle issues such as homelessness, mental health problems, and food insecurity across the UK, and around the world.