Asda Dundonald Supports Local Community Groups Through the Asda Foundation’s Better Together Funding
Colleagues at Asda Dundonald have thrown their support behind local community groups with much-needed funding from the Asda Foundation.
Through the charity’s Better Together Fund, the store has provided grants for The Tullycarnet Neighbourhood Collective as well as In This Together, ensuring the volunteer-led, community-driven projects can continue their work supporting wellbeing, social connection and inclusion.
Sharon Wilson, Community Champion at Asda Dundonald joined Tullycarnet Neighbourhood Collective for their Over-55s Christmas Dinner to present a cheque for £600.
She also helped arrange a grant of £600 for In This Together, an East Belfast-based charity that offers a social supermarket, advice signposting and wraparound care for locals.
Sharon said: "I’m thrilled that, as part of my role as a Community Champion, I get to support organisations like these. Both groups are volunteer-led and community-driven and are truly deserving of support. Without it, these crucial services could be lost. This year’s Better Together initiative is all about backing older people’s groups, and I love seeing first-hand the amazing difference these volunteers make in our community."
In a bid to bring more people together across the festive season, the Asda Foundation has invested £500,000 to help combat loneliness this Christmas. The charity will support more than 550 community groups UK-wide through its Better Together fund, which aims to reduce social isolation over the festive period.
At the end of 2025, the Asda Foundation will have invested more than £60 million into communities over the last 36 years – strengthening local connections and making a lasting impact across the UK. Hundreds of Asda’s Community Champions are helping organise grants to spread some festive cheer, with Asda colleagues in also wearing ‘Happy to Chat’ badges to let people who may otherwise be on alone know they’ve got someone to talk to.