Our Charities

2021 marked our 40th year as a business so we wanted to do something special to help our local communities and charities that support health and wellbeing. As part of we decided to do a 'Year of Giving', where each month we donated £1000 to a charity or community project that was nominated either by one of our team or from one of our customers and then went to visit them to find out more about the fantastic work they do.

In 2023 as part of our commitment to becoming kinder to the environment, we donated a portion of our revenue to support local wildlife projects. In partnership with GreenTheUK 1sqm of wildflower meadow was planted for every Vitamin D3 with K2 drops purchased.

We also have the option for any of the team to take volunteer days as well as regularly organising fund-raising activities ranging from “bake off" events to more energetic events such as the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge!

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Nutri Advanced Charity Donations 2021-22


Sam CornellSam Cornell

Katherine Pardo BSc (Hons), Dip ION

Sam

Food for the Brain was one of the fantastic organisations nominated by our customers to receive a donation, in recognition of the work they do to drive awareness of the link between nutrition and optimal neurological and mental health. Obviously this is a key concern not just nationwide but worldwide at the moment, and this wonderful charity’s aim is to inform organisations and empower individuals to change their diet and lifestyle and take greater control of their own mental health. They do this through a range of vital educational resources, research, seminars and programmes, as well as their Catering Accreditation for food service providers. I’m so pleased that we’re able to help them do more of this incredibly valuable work!

Sally StantonSally Stanton

Katherine Pardo BSc (Hons), Dip ION

Sally

I nominated the local Citizens Advice service as I believe the work it does in helping people is more important than ever. Citizens Advice provides free, confidential, and independent advice to everyone and they value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. It’s something I feel strongly about and volunteer as a Trustee for Citizens Advice board. When we donated to Citizens Advance, I went along to Buxton and met with Roger Naden (Buxton branch Service Manager) to discuss the hardships they have faced over the last 2 years, and how they have adapted to continue to deliver their valuable service to the area. Their advice has helped people stay in work, prevented housing evictions, kept families together and reduced the cost of health interventions. Our donation will go towards supporting the return to face-to-face advice services in the High Peak and help us to expand our telephone advice training for volunteers.

Mark HillMark Hill

Katherine Pardo BSc (Hons), Dip ION

Mark

I decided to nominate The Christie at Macclesfield as they played a pivotal role in my recovery from Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, the work the Macmillan staff do is invaluable during the treatment/post treatment stage for both the individual and their immediate family members. I recently paid a visit to Janet at Macmillan, who explained that the Christie centre at Macclesfield was closing, with the haematology team, chemo, support & information services, reception etc moving to a brand new building, so they are directing generous donations like ours to the funding of this new building, which will be very much needed for local cancer care for the future.


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Please find a list below of charities and organisation that Nutri Advanced are proud to be supporting. We chose these places to donate to after consultation with our customers and our own team about local causes that were close to their heart and those that supports others in the journey of health. We plan to continue to expand the organisations we give to in the future and to continue to work with them to help others.


Katherine PadroKatherine Padro

Katherine Pardo BSc (Hons), Dip ION

Blythe House Hospice

Since the start of the pandemic, our Hospice at Home service has provided over 18,000 hours of care to local patients in their own homes. Preventing hospital admissions and family separation, and allowing patients to remain at home where they feel most comfortable. Your donation of £1000 will pay for 7 nights of care for a patient who wishes to remain in their own home at the end of their life.

Sarah SharpeSarah Sharpe

Sarah Sharpe BSc (Hons)

The Christie Charity

The Christie charity is aiming to raise £23 million for the proposed construction of a new centre in Macclesfield where Christie patients will be able to receive outstanding cancer care, closer to home.
The Christie at Macclesfield will transform cancer care in Cheshire, the High Peak area of Derbyshire and parts of North Staffordshire, providing care closer to home for more than 1,500 existing Christie patients a year.
It will bring together essential cancer services into one purpose-built centre delivering local specialist access to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, holistic support and information services, outpatient care, palliative care and a wider range of clinical trials. Around 40,000 appointments per year will take place at the new centre.

Gemma KhooGemma Khoo

Gemma Khoo BSc (Hons), MSc

Whaley Bridge Primary School

Whaley Bridge ER Primary School is a Primary School and Enhanced Resource Provision in the heart of Whaley Bridge, High Peak. As a school they pride themselves on creating a welcoming and inclusive community, and their school motto “for every child a chance to shine” is exemplified both in our high academic expectations and our dedicated and nurturing personal support for all our pupils.

Sarah SharpeSarah Sharpe

Sarah Sharpe BSc (Hons)

Magic Breakfast

The Magic Breakfast is a national charity who provide nutritious breakfasts to children to support their learning. They are aiming to end child morning hunger and ensure no child is too hungry to learn. The money we have donated will provide 2,491 healthy free breakfasts for underprivileged children at school.

Gemma KhooGemma Khoo

Gemma Khoo BSc (Hons), MSc

Race Equality Foundation

Established in 1987, the Race Equality Foundation is a national charity tackling racial inequality to improve the lives of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. This donation will help expand their resources and produce more policy, research, advocacy and communications work on race equality in health and care, housing, employment, children & families and communities more widely. This allows them to explore evidence and develop interventions to tackle barriers to race equality that affect Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities' lives. The money will also contribute to running costs as a small charity and also allow them to deliver their violence prevention inclusive parenting programme to more parents across the UK, with whom they work to help children grow up safely and break the cycle of violence in homes and communities.

Sarah SharpeSarah Sharpe

Sarah Sharpe BSc (Hons)

Whaley Bridge Food Bank

We know that the coming months will be a trying time for us and out users.  We remain the only Foodbank in the High Peak to operate on a soft referral basis and have seen a steady rise in people needing as they fall through the gaps in the benefit system, and/or not being normally eligible as they are working but struggling to pay bills.  We have become a vital support cog in our community and we will continue to provide help and support where we can, including opening up on Christmas Day for those on their own or in need of respite.   

One of the factors that prevent people approaching food banks is the perceived stigma. The work we’ve done in a short time has proven that we’ve broken that down, and the generosity that the public and local businesses have shown clearly demonstrates that our little community cares deeply for those who need such services. We've had stock come in much faster than it could possibly go out, even if we were in the inner city, but we know that demand will outstrip this going into Christmas

Gemma KhooGemma Khoo

Gemma Khoo BSc (Hons), MSc

Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice

The Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. An organisation that values diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.

Their advice has helped people stay in work, prevented housing evictions, kept families together and reduced the cost of health interventions. Our donation will go towards supporting the return to face to face advice services in the High Peak and help us to expand our telephone advice training for volunteers.

Sarah SharpeSarah Sharpe

Sarah Sharpe BSc (Hons)

Cracking Good Food

Cracking Good Food launched in 2010, with the aim of encouraging and supporting more people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch. We enthuse, encourage, and teach individuals and groups how to source and cook affordable, healthy, and tasty food from scratch, whilst minimising both food waste and our environmental impact.

We do this by delivering accessible and empowering cooking courses and training, as part of a wider campaign for affordable, sustainable & healthier food for all. Throughout all of our work, we strive to make sustainable, seasonal eating as affordable and accessible as possible.

Gemma KhooGemma Khoo

Gemma Khoo BSc (Hons), MSc

Kinder Mountain Rescue

The Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is a volunteer search and rescue organisation based in the Peak District. We rescue hikers, climbers, fellrunners, mountain bikers and the occasional sheep from wild and high places as well as urban searches to assist police in looking for missing people. It costs us around £30,000 each year to stay operational, this money needed for kit maintenance and replacement, fuel and running costs for our rescue vehicles, casualty care equipment and consumables, costs for running and maintaining our base buildings, and so on. If we have any costs on top of this (e.g. replacement of rescue vehicles, or other expensive kit ), we must raise funds in addition to these routine costs.


We receive no direct funding from government and rely primarily on public donations for income, so donations such as yours are necessary for us to continue to provide a mountain search and rescue service in our area, and are always very much appreciated.

Sarah SharpeSarah Sharpe

Sarah Sharpe BSc (Hons)

Food For The Brain

Food for the Brain Foundation was established in 2006 to bridge the gap between science and action by driving awareness of the link between nutrition and optimal neurological and mental health. We do this via free educational resources, webinars, Catering Accreditation, and our Cognitive Function Test, which enables people to measure and track their cognitive health for free.

Generous donations from our partners and supporters help further the continuation of our vital educational tools and research, which empower people to take charge of their brain health.

Jo GambleJo Gamble

Regenerus Laboratories

Guest Writer & The Science of Health Partner

Regenerus Laboratories is The Dispensary for Advanced Diagnostic Tests and provides Health Professionals, their patients and the general public simple easy access to world leading laboratories for the broadest range of functional, nutritional, genetic and autoimmune related testing for diagnostic and research purposes.