Amazon employees team up to support good causes

A group of employees from Daventry have teamed up to volunteer with three charities.  

The charities - Daventry Foodhub, McCarthy Dixon and Baby Basics Northampton - have received volunteering and financial support from the team at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Daventry.  

Over the past few months, 14 employees from Amazon’s Daventry fulfilment centre sorted and packed food items at Daventry Foodhub, a charity which provides essential food supplies to residents of the town and surrounding areas.  

A second team from Amazon supported McCarthy Dixon Foundation, a charity which also tackles food poverty in Northampton. Amazon donated £1,000 worth of food items and team members packed and prepared food parcels for the foundation. 

To help support Baby Basics Northampton, a charity which provides essential baby items to new parents in vulnerable situations, Amazon in Daventry donated £1,000 as a cash grant and super teddies. In addition to the donation, the team packed supplies to help Northampton families care for their newborns. 

Ralph Baker, an Amazon employee who has volunteered at the Daventry Foodhub this year, said: “It was great to learn more about the foodhub while meeting the volunteers who do so much for our community. We’re happy to lend a helping hand and show our appreciation of everything the charity does.” 

Sabrina Oakey, co-founder of Baby Basics, said: “We rely on the support of people and businesses in our community so we can run our services and help new parents and their babies facing difficulties at this critical time of life. I’d like to thank the Amazon team for their continued support.”