Okehampton’s Waitrose branch donated £500 to local community interest group Made-Well on Sunday (January 30) as part of the supermarket chain’s Give a Little Love scheme.

The Give a Little Love charitable initiative was set up by Waitrose’s parent company the John Lewis Partnership, which has pledged to donated £1 million to charitable organisations to help familes and individuals in need, especially over the Christmas period.

Made-Well is a Hatherleigh-based not-for-profit company which offers people with learning and physical disabilities as well as those suffering with mental health issues opportunities to gain important life skills in a range of different activities including gardening, cookery and animal care.