Catering Specialists Serve Up Community Support

Catering recruitment specialists Adkins and Cheurfi have pledged their support for Wearside and County Durham communities by announcing their Charity of the Year.
Catering Specialists Serve Up Community Support
Catering recruitment specialists Adkins and Cheurfi have pledged their support for Wearside and County Durham communities by announcing their Charity of the Year. The Sunderland-based firm, which supplies high calibre catering professional to businesses across the North, has chosen Sunderland AFC charity Foundation of Light to benefit from their annual fundraising efforts. Foundation of Light is one of the leading football foundations in the country, running a broad range of life-changing initiatives to communities in the North East. Adkins and Cheurfi plan to run several their own fundraising events throughout the year with proceeds going to the Foundation.
We decided that we wanted to put something back into our community and were impressed by both the professionalism of Foundation of Light as well as the huge impact they have on our region.
Melika Cheurfi, Adkins and Cheurfi Managing Director
Dean Adkins, Managing Director, added: “Like Adkins and Cheurfi, Foundation of Light are leaders in their field who still keep people at the heart of everything they do. They were a natural fit for our charity of the year and a great choice from our team.” Phil King, Foundation of Light Commercial Director added: “We’re delighted to be nominated as charity of the year for Adkins and Cheurfi. It’s thanks to community-minded business leaders like Melika and Dean that we’re able to help so many people.”
For more information about fundraising with Foundation of Light, businesses should contact Clare Wilson at clare.wilson@foundationoflight.co.uk or 0191 5634733.

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