Five charities and community groups receive donations from ALDI’s Donegal stores

A total of five charities and community groups have become the latest beneficiaries of ALDI’s community grants programme, with each organisation receiving gift cards from the ALDI store teams in County Donegal.

Receiving €500 ALDI gift cards are Buncrana’s Children Charity, Coiste Forbartha Dhobhair Teo, Animals in Need (two nominations) and North West Hospice.

 For 2024, to coincide with ALDI Ireland’s 25th anniversary, the retailer has also selected 26 charities and community groups, one per county, to receive an additional support of €2,000 worth of ALDI gift cards, bringing the total donation to those chosen organisations to €2,500 worth of ALDI gift cards. Donegal Hospice has been chosen to receive this award in County Donegal.

ALDI’s community grants programme helps fund local charities and community organisations that contribute vital work and services in their local communities. Each local organisation supported is chosen by ALDI employees, enabling them to help the local good causes they are passionate about.

By the end of 2024, the programme will have provided €758,000 in donations to more than 1,000 local charity branches and community groups across Ireland since its inception in 2016. Receiving charities and community organisations range from rescue teams to animal sanctuaries, cancer support to mental health support, or any charitable organisation that resonates with ALDI colleagues.

“We are delighted to continue to support local charities and community groups across the country through the ALDI community grants programme and to see the impact of our donation in the local communities of County Donegal,” said Rachel Nugent, national sustainability manager, ALDI Ireland. 

“The community grants programme is one example of how ALDI is committed to investing and partnering with local communities and charities across Ireland and we look forward to continuing this engagement for years to come.

“Additionally, 2024 is a special year for ALDI as we mark 25 years of operating in Ireland. To mark that milestone moment, we expanded our community grants programme this year. On top of our €500 donations to all chosen charities and community groups, 26 selected organisations received an additional €2,000 worth of ALDI gift cards, meaning in total we are supporting worthy causes to the amount of €137,500 worth of donations this year.”Operating six stores in County Donegal, ALDI is deeply involved in the local community. To date, the stores have donated over 65,000 meals to local charities through ALDI’s partnership with FoodCloud, avoiding a total of 87,000kgs of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). ALDI partners with seven innovative Donegal food and drink producers, spending almost €12 million with them in 2024.