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At the heart of local communities around Australia, you’ll find a Coles supermarket – and we love to get involved with these communities where we can.
Our team members and customers are involved in many local clubs and groups, from schools to sport clubs. And our Local Community Support program recognises these grass-roots groups and organisations by providing support to help with fundraisers, raffles, community days and other activities.
If you are seeking support or want to find out how you local store can help, please complete this application form and return it to your local store manager.
How Coles has helped
Over the past year, our stores have been able to assist with many community causes and events.
Here are some of their stories…
For more than 15 years, Coles team members and customers in Queensland and northern New South Wales have been helping the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation to raise money for sick kids through the Coles Cares For Kids Appeal.
The Appeal has helped to raise an amazing $6.3 million, which has been used to help build the Coles Health Services Building and invest in research to find better ways of providing greater relief to sick kids and their families.
In November 2009, Coles Nelson Bay held their second annual Walk-a-thon to raise money for the NSW Cancer Council. Organised by team members at the store, over 50 team members from across eight local stores participated in the 8km walk.
With the support of the local community, the team collected donations along the way, and in total raised more than $8000 for charity - almost doubling the amount raised in their first year!