The Cheese Factor, an independent shop located at Chesterfied’s historic Market Hall is starting a ‘Gift to Help’ campaign to help people in need.

This campaign is designed for people to go into the shop and and buy a hot drink, snack or a sandwich in lieu for someone who needs it.

People in the town who want to help can enter the shop and pay for a “gift” of a hot drink or sandwich. The staff at the Cheese Factor will then give a voucher to the customer who can go and give it to a person in need. The voucher can then be redeemed in the store.

With the recent weather conditions and increasing costs nationally, owner of the Cheese Factor, Simon Davidson says he wants to do more for the local community. The store has taken inspiration for the initiative after seeing it in action in other locations across the UK and abroad.

Simon explained: “It is absolutely vital that we support the local community, because we are a very long established, well known business in the town centre. We have a large and loyal customer base, many of whom have been shopping with us for many years.

“We are an independent, family run business, now in the second generation, and I know this is something that many of our customers appreciate. I am an Ambassador for Chesterfield which is something I am passionate about, the local community are quite simply the lifeblood of my business.

“It is important for the town as a whole because if they see local business owners like myself supporting the community, they feel inclusive of that.”

Find out more about Chesterfield’s wide range of wonderful independent shops at: https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/visiting/shopping/

The Cheese Factor supports the marketing and economic growth of the town through Chesterfield Champions, a network of over 200 organisations across Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.