Scotmid invites charities to be their 2023/24 charity partner

Applications to be considered for the Scotmid Charity of the Year 2023/2024 are now open.

Scotmid looks for charities that shares their values and passion for supporting local communities and would like to build a creative and fun charity partnership to encourage participation and fundraising from staff, members and customers.

The Co-op operates in Northern England and Northern Ireland, as well as across Scotland, so the charity partnership will be able to span a wide geography.

Over the last 20 years, the Scotmid charity partnership scheme has raised millions of pounds for organisations and charities including the Scottish SPCA, Samaritans, ChildLine and Alzheimer Scotland to name just a few.

To see previous Scotmid charity partners, please click here.

Staff working in Scotmid’s food stores, Semichem stores, Scotmid Funerals and Lakes & Dales stores across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England will take part in physical challenges, events and traditional in-store fundraising.

Community engagement is also a key element, says Scotmid. During one previous charity partnership, children throughout Scotland were invited to design a mascot to represent Scotmid’s charity partnership. The winning designs, Cuthbert The Fox and Tildy Toadstool, were then created.

To apply to be the Scotmid Charity of the Year, please submit a proposal of no more than 6 pages of A4. Your proposal should address the following criteria;

• Detail the account management arrangements including Team Biographies

• Provide evidence of charity operations in our trading areas (Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland)

• Outline how any money raised will be spent (across all our trading areas)

• Explain how you plan to engage with staff (and supporting costings if applicable)

• Provide proposals for practical and achievable merchandising sales (and supporting costings / timescales)

• Detail how you would enthuse our staff, members and customers about your charity and encourage them to go the extra mile to raise funds

• Provide information on why you feel you are a good fit with us and our customers/members and staff

Your proposal should be emailed to with Charity of The Year Application in the subject title, before the deadline of 5pm on Friday 14th April 2023.

Useful information:

Scotmid Co-operative consists of over 187 Scotmid food stores, 44 Semichem stores, 9 Lakes & Dales co-operative stores and 16 Funeral offices

Our stores span across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland

Partner charities engage with our staff by providing content for monthly fundraising ideas and events, going into stores to talk to staff and customers, attending Member meetings twice each year

We have internal updates and intranet for all colleagues

The fundraising target can change from year to year and runs from August 2023 to August 2024

If you have any further questions please contact the team via email.

Your proposal should be emailed to with Charity of The Year Application in the subject title, before the deadline of 5pm on Friday 14th April 2023.