v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Page 72 • The HERALD • 26th June 2025 ASK A PROFESSIONAL Portswood Waitrose Donates £2,500 To Local Cardiac Charity Waitrose Portswood has donated £2,500 to a local cardiac charity to support its mission to deliver the UK’s leading heart failure unit. Heartbeat has received the donation as part of John Lewis & Partners’ Community Matters initiative – a quarterly charitable giving programme decided by Waitrose customers. e money donated will go towards renovating the charity’s D2 Ward based at University Hospital Southampton so it can deliver better care and support to patients and their relatives. As part of the charity’s fundraising e orts, Heartbeat will also be launching its Heart & Stroll event – a family and dog friendly 5km charity walk arriving at Southampton Common this summer on 29th June. Team Manager at Waitrose Portswood Simon Couldwell said: “The Community Matters programme supports charities, schools and community initiatives to thrive. The chosen focus for the first quarter was health and wellbeing and we thought Heartbeat was a great fit for this. It’s a remarkable charity just on our doorstep that makes a huge difference to the Southampton community.” Heartbeat’s CEO Mark Ind said: “We’re delighted to be part of the Community Matters programme. The donation will make an enormous difference to the cardiac care our D2 Ward can deliver to heart failure patients, pushing it towards becoming the country’s leading unit.” Simon Couldwell and Mark Ind If You Have a Problem, We Can Help You to Find a Way Forward. We are Here to Help Anyone Who Needs It. We are Citizens Advice - the People’s Champion From Test Valley Citizens Advice We provide free, independent, con dential and impartial advice to residents of Test Valley (Andover, Romsey and surrounding area), relating to: • Bene ts • Work • Debt and money • Consumer (including energy) • Relationships • Housing • Law and rights • Discrimination • Tax • Healthcare • Education • and more ere are several ways you can access our advice: Drop in to speak to an adviser face-to-face: (excludes public holidays) • Romsey - Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 12noon - Former Magistrates Court, Church Street SO51 8AQ • Andover - Monday to Thursday, 9.30am to 12noon - 1st Floor, Chantry House, Chantry Way SP10 1LZ • Whitchurch Town Hall - Tuesdays, 9.30am to 1pm - Newbury Street RG28 7DW • Romsey Foodbank - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10.30am to 12.30pm – Freedom Centre, Unit 6, Greatbridge Business Park, Budds Lane SO51 0HA • Andover foodbank - Monday to Friday, 10am-12noon - St John e Baptist Church, Alexandra Road SP10 3AD Phone our free helpline Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm: 0808 812 6681 Email us via our website form: testvalleycab.org.uk/ email-advice-form Go online to nd advice on the national Citizens Advice website: citizensadvice.org.uk If you’re interested in volunteering with us, please visit: testvalleycab.org.uk/news/volunteer
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