Sainsbury’s at Helston have launched their partnership with the store's new local charity of the year - Bolenowe Animal Sanctuary.

The sanctuary was chosen by Sainsbury’s customers at the beginning of July by online and in-store voting and the charity will now receive a year’s worth of support through fundraising and awareness from the store. Russel Blackburn, store manager at Sainsbury’s Helston, added: “We’re really looking forward to working with Bolenowe over the next year and the team have some great ideas for fundraising. We hope our support will make a real difference to the charity, and customer enjoy the variety of activities we are planning.”

The Local Charity scheme is now in its seventh year and has raised over £7 million to support local charities since 2009.