Profit for Purpose
Scoop and Scales was born from a group of individuals passionate about trying to improve the community in which we live. Our primary aim is to reduce single use packaging and to encourage people to shop more thoughtfully, but as a co-operative we believe in wider ethical values of social responsibility and caring for other. As such we have a shared vision of supporting local community charities and actions spreading kindness as we grow – Profit for Purpose.
In February 2023 we formed a Profit for Purpose Committee, which is made up of directors and members of the cooperative.
Here’s what we have done so far, with over £4,000 invested in Profit for Purpose:
We were pleased to donate £319 for Macclesfield Community Tree Nursery’s ‘My Tree Grows With Me’ Project.
The project will see reception children at local primary schools nurture a tree for their 7 year stay. It can then be taken home or planted in the community.
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The Brimstone Butterfly pilot project will be working over the next 12 months with primary schools and others to plant Alder Buckthorn which is the main food source of the brimstone butterfly.
We provided funding of £250
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Our new Pay It Forward Board, and the initial £50 worth of donation tickets posted to it, were made possible by our Profit for Purpose fund (total £78). We are proud to offer a little help for those in our community short on funds. We hope this board may be a step in fostering a spirit of goodwill, so that everyone feels they can give and take freely.
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In June we organised a trip to RHS Bridgewater. We subsidised the trip and offered free places thanks to £106 from profit for purpose.
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Angel at my Table is a brilliant local initiative based at St Michael’s Church. They run a surplus food cafe on Thursday – Saturday. We were pleased to donate items worth £22 to the cause.
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Macclesfield Bikeathon 2023 was all in a great cause for Just Drop-In charity. We were pleased to donate sweets and fruit worth £35 for the feed station.
The event was set up by AllGood Cycling and receiving local support from Trek Bicycle Wilmslow Macclesfield Town Council
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They work in partnership with local frontline agencies to provide emergency food support to people. You can donate to the foodbank in Scoop and Scales shop.
We donated tinned items worth £83.
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For our first eco film night, we gave an £80 donation to Cinemac for allowing us to show the film.
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We have invested £682 to have our very own Carbon Literacy Course developed and accredited.
We ran our first course in November 2023, with free places for all participants.
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We were able to support The One Project with £390 for new bins to sort Terracyle at the Hive.
Find Out more about all they do here
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Angel at my Table is a brilliant local initiative based at St Michael’s Church. They run a surplus food cafe on Thursday – Saturday. We were pleased to donate items worth £125 to the cause.
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Aug – Dec 2022
Scoop and Scales have been supported by Macclesfield Town Council to develop an eco-hub in Macc in 2023. The space, which is next to the shop, was funded by £151 of our resource in 2022.
Did you know? We have already held 27 public events in this space.
November 2022 and August 2023
St Peter’s is a welcoming church on Windmill Street in Macc. They have signed up to provide a warm space for people to come during November and December. We have donated 2 sacks of flour worth £31 so they can bake bread to go with the soup they are giving away.
November 2022
Ash Grove Primary Academy is based on the Moss Estate in Macc. They run a breakfast club for pupils each morning. We donated bran flakes and organic porridge oats worth £47 to them.
November 2022
The Silklife Foodbank is run by Silklife. They work in partnership with local frontline agencies to provide emergency food support to people. You can donate to the foodbank in Scoop and Scales shop.
We donated tinned items worth £86.
November 2022
The Core Pantry is a member-based scheme where members pay a small weekly subscription and in return they can choose good value food from a range including chilled goods, fresh and tinned products as well as a small range of household items. They run from the Church of the Resurrection at Upton Priory.
We donated tinned items worth £86.
November 2022
The nurses at Macclesfield Hospital’s ICU department have been running a raffle to raise funds and morale. We donated a hamper as a prize, worth £15.50.
November 2022
Suso are a brilliant organisation based at the Old Sunday School. Suso aim to change the lives of people with learning disabilities in Cheshire East. They also kindly allowed us to use their meeting room for our AGM. We have made a £50 donation as a thank you for this.
October 2022
we were delighted to contribute a couple of things on the wish list for Macclesfield Community Tree Nursery. We have purchased £48 worth of top soil and peat free compost for use in their new raised based at the Knowsley Road allotments and £50 of vouchers for Prestbury Garden Centre
September 2022
Angel at my Table is a brilliant local initiative based at St Michael’s Church. They run a surplus food cafe on Thursday – Saturday. We were pleased to donate items worth £27 to the cause.
August 2022
Becca Smith, a local artist and activist has been selling Save Danes Moss related items to raise awareness and funds for the campaign. To date we have sold £285 of items in the shop and have forgone our cut (worth £71).
May 2022
Thanks to Nicky, who made loads of amazing knitted sunflowers.
We sold these in the shop and were delighted to raise £206 for the Ukrain Crisis Appeal of the British Red Cross.
February 2022
We have purchased another batch of litter picking equipment – with 15 new pickers arriving in store, for people to borrow as they wish.
We invested £158 in these.
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February 2021
Bollington based Inland Sea ran a Kickstarter to raise money to create t-shirts made from fabric containing seaweed fibre and invest in seaweed farms in the UK.
We were delighted to help them reach their target by purchasing a corporate package for £900.
Summer 2021
Macclesfield Repair Cafe was developed by a group of enthusiastic repairers. The first repair cafe took place in September 2021.
Scoop and Scales were pleased to be able to support the Repair Cafe with £498 for rent, insurance, and a PAT testing course.
September 2021
The amount of Terracycle being collected from the shop has grown massively (thanks to our customers!). To help Kate and her team of volunteers we have purchased a unit for £20 which allows the streams to be separated easily.
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- April 2020 – Supporting local NHS staff
- April 2020 – foodbank donation
- April and May 2020 – maintenance at the Scout Hut
- May – August 2020 – donation to the Hope Centre and Project Grow at Cre8
- September – November 2020
- Macclesfield Parish Scouts and Guides
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The Hope Centre was the venue for our early collection events and meetings. From buying cycles 3,4,7 and our early pop ups events, we were able to donate £463.
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