Commidea support new charity
Commidea are pleased to announce The Lord’s Taverners as their chosen charity which specializes in raising funds to give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance!
The Lord’s Taverners started life as a club founded in 1950 by a group of actors who used to enjoy a pint watching the cricket from the old Tavern pub at Lord’s. Key early figures were Martin Boddey, the Founder, and fellow actors and friends like John Mills, Jack Hawkins and John Snagge, the sports broadcaster. In the early days, the money raised each year was given to the National Playing Fields Association, whom the Taverners still support, to fund artificial cricket pitches.
Since then, The Lord’s Taverners has developed into both a Club and a Charity to raise money to give young people incentives to play cricket in schools and clubs; to enable young people with special needs to participate in sporting activities; to supply minibuses to special needs' organizations and to create recreational facilities in conjunction with the National Playing Fields' Association. Over the last 50 years, the charity has given over £36m away to schools, sports clubs & special needs organisations.
In the future, Commidea will be organizing and participating in events and activities throughout the year to raise funds for The Lord’s Taverners charity.
“With the number of sport enthusiasts working at Commidea, The Lord’s Taverners is an ideal charity for us to support. We hope the money raised throughout the year, and year’s to come, will give young people the support they need to enjoy sporting activities” commented Matthew Roots, Marketing Manager at Commidea.