A Pontllanfraith supermarket has announced the charity it will partner with for the next year, after customers voted in-store and online.
The Sainsbury’s store on Newbridge Road, Pontllanfraith, will support the Matthew Walklin’s Make A Smile Foundation after it finished ahead of Four Paws Animal Rescue and Rhymney Valley Food Bank in the public vote in June.
The charity was set up in memory of Blackwood man, Matthew Walklin, who died from a rare form of testicular cancer in 2012.
It aims to improve the comfort and welfare of cancer patients by providing additional services and equipment to enable them to maintain contact with friends and family whilst undergoing treatment.
Matthew Walklin’s Make A Smile Foundation will now receive a year’s worth of support and awareness through fundraising at the store.
The Local Charity of the Year scheme is now in its eighth year.