11th Apr 2008 07:01
Barr(A.G.) PLC11 April 2008 For immediate release 11th April 2008 A.G.BARR p.l.c. New Partnership with The Prince's Trust A.G.Barr p.l.c announces its new partnership with youth charity The Prince'sTrust. Barr will support the work of The Trust by investing in a number of itscore community programmes across the UK, with a particular focus on Scotland.Across the company all Barr employees will be encouraged to develop their ownfundraising initiatives and get involved in the work of The Trust. Barr's Strathmore Spring water will carry The Prince's Trust logo from July,together with details of how consumers can find out more about the work of thecharity. Each year, over 50 million bottles of Strathmore Spring water willcarry this on-pack message for The Trust. The brand will also provide TheTrust's water requirements for all of its various fundraising and recognitionactivities throughout the year. A.G.Barr Chief Executive Roger White, said: "At Barr we have always tried to make a positive difference in the communitiesin which our operations are based, particularly in Scotland, by supporting manylocal good causes, fundraising activities and charity organisations over theyears. We fully intend to continue this important support. "Our partnership with The Prince's Trust is about us helping and supporting someof our less fortunate young people who may be struggling in life. As a nationalyouth charity, The Trust will enable us to do this in a more coordinated way sothat we can fully engage and encourage all of our staff across the UK to getinvolved in the partnership. We are looking forward to developing a long termrelationship with the Trust and supporting the various projects with which wewill be involved." For further information please contact: A.G.Barr p.l.c.Mark Jephcott, PR Manager01204 664200 Buchanan CommunicationsTim Thompson / Nicola Cronk / Susanna Gale020 7466 5000 About The Princes Trust Youth charity The Prince's Trust helps change young lives in the UK. It givespractical and financial support, developing skills such as confidence andmotivation. It works with 14-30 year olds who have struggled at school, havebeen in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. ThePrince of Wales's charity has helped more than 575,000 young people since 1976and supports 100 more each working day. For more information on The Prince's Trust please contact 0800 842 842 or visitwww.princes-trust.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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