Cumbrian woodlands, wildflower meadows and hedgerows can look forward to a healthier future thanks to a charity partnership between Grasmere Gingerbread and Globus.
A joint fundraising initiative involving sales of tins of Grasmere Gingerbread to visiting Globus coach passengers in 2024 brought in £5,186 for the Lake District Foundation, which funds conservation projects in Cumbria’s world-famous national park.
Steve Tonkin, the foundation’s fundraising manager, said: “It is such a generous amount and the second year running that Grasmere Gingerbread and Globus have donated money to the LDF.
“We will use the donation to fund brilliant projects around the Lake District UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is wonderful to see both local and national businesses playing their part in making the Lake District better – for people and nature.”
Tristram Yarde-Leavett, managing director of Globus in the UK and Ireland, said: “The Lake District is one of our passengers’ top visitor destinations and as a company we strongly believe in doing all we can to support its environmental integrity.
“The area is astonishingly beautiful and offers people, including our passengers, an opportunity to escape from the pressures of their daily lives and to reconnect with the natural world.”
Joanne Hunter, co-director of Grasmere Gingerbread, added: “As a business we need the Lake District to be open and welcoming for Globus customers to enjoy but one which also conserves its flora and fauna for future generations,” she said.
“That Globus appreciates the importance of everyone working together to look after the Lake District is testament to their progressive operational ethos.”
For several years, Grasmere Gingerbread has donated £1 from every bag of Grasmere Gingerbread crumbs sold to the Lake District Foundation to help maintain the national park’s upland footpaths.
