Coffee hits the spot for Action Week

25 June 2010

London's coffee drinkers are helping raise money for St Mungo's when they buy their lattes, espressos, flat whites, or any other coffee drink, from Abokado today.

The award-winning chain of London food bars is giving its coffee away to customers on Friday 25 June and the money customers pay will instead go straight into the St Mungo's collection buckets by the stores' service counters. Generous customer at the Drury Lane branch of Abokado

The fundraising day coincides with the charity's 2010 Action Week (20-27 June) which focuses on Just the Job: supporting homeless people on their journey into work.

Tanya English, St Mungo's Executive Director of Fundraising and Communications, said: "We are delighted that Abokado has chosen to help St Mungo's in our work to house and help vulnerable homeless men and women. Homeless long-term unemployed people face particularly challenging problems on their journey into work, but they have aspirations just like the rest of us and shouldn't be written off."

Mark Lilley, Director of Abokado, said: "This is a very worthwhile cause that we are proud to help. Helping to support homeless men and women in London is a cause that deserves our time and effort and we encourage our generous customers to dig deep!"

The company held a similar fundraising event for St Mungo's in December last year and raised a staggering £1,000, so thank-you to all those generous Abokado customers. This time the company is hoping to raise even more.

Abokado has six food bars in London and all are taking part in the fundraising day: City Road, Cowcross Street, Drury Lane, Euston Station, Fleet Street and Newman Street. The company won the Gold Award for Independent Sandwich Retailer of the Year in 2009.

ENDS.

Notes to editor

  • For more information please contact Audrey Thompson, St Mungo's media officer, on 020 8762 5570 or email Audrey.Thompson@mungos.org
  • For further information about Abokado visit www.abokado.com.
  • St Mungo's opens doors for homeless people. Mainly based in London and the South, we provide emergency accommodation, support towards recovery and helping to prevent rough sleeping. We run over 100 projects and help thousands of people make life changes every year.

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