Exeter John Lewis

Lynne Barker-Privalova, one of Pete’s Dragons’ counsellors, votes with her green token as part of the John Lewis Community Matters scheme.

How a token gesture by Exeter John Lewis shoppers can help families affected by suicide

Authored by RedSoil PR
Posted: Thu, 03/21/2019 - 9:03am

John Lewis shoppers in Exeter can hand a huge boost to a cause helping hundreds of suicide bereaved families across Devon.

Pete’s Dragons has been selected as a beneficiary of the Sidwell Street department store’s Community Matters scheme.

The initiative sees a trio of charities nominated to benefit from an overall fund of £3,000 every three months. Customers vote for their preferred cause by placing a green token into boxes located around the store.

Funding is then handed out proportionately based on how many votes each charity has received.

Exmouth-based...

WESC Foundation Fashion Show 2015 @ The Met Office

Event Date: 
22/10/2015 - 6:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
The Met Office

WESC Foundation Fashion Show @ The Met Office brought to you by John Lewis and Exeter College supported by ITEC Compère: Judi Spiers Date: Thursday, 22nd October 2015 Time: 6:30 -9:30pm Venue: Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom Tel: 01392 454200 To reserve your ticket: RSVP: jduckham@wescfoundation.org.uk Website: www.wescfoundation.ac.uk Tickets: £10

Join WESC Foundation, the school and college for young people and adults with sight-loss and specialist centre for visual impairment, at their annual Fashion Show. For the first time being held at the Met...

John Lewis Exeter volunteers at Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink

As part of its ongoing commitment to working with the local community Partners (staff) from John Lewis Exeter spent the weekend volunteering at this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food. Working as ‘Festival Ambassadors’ over the three-day event, Partners from the shop fulfilled a variety of roles including site stewards, gate staff and hospitality.

From welcoming visitors as they entered the festival gates to serving drinks in the VIP lounge, Partners drew upon their expertise in customer service to ensure everyone had a brilliant day out. Thousands flocked to the festival...

John Lewis Exeter's customers vote to support local charities

John Lewis Exeter has announced the next three charities to receive support through its new Community Matters scheme.

Community Matters allows John Lewis customers to be directly involved in deciding how much each good cause receives, via a token voting system by the front entrance. At the end of each round of voting, John Lewis splits a £3,000 donation according to the proportion of the customer vote they received.

The organisations to receive support from John Lewis Exeter are SOCOPS, Nightstop Devon and ABF The Soldiers' Charity. Community Matters allows charities to...