EACH December the Tesco store at Wellparks in Crediton welcomes charity representatives who are able to collect for their charity on allocated days from generous shoppers at the supermarket.

A total of 25 charities collected at the store last month and Andrew Drayton, the store’s community champion, said he is delighted to be able to report that from the generous shoppers, more than £8,000 was collected for the charities involved.

Mr Drayton thanked the shoppers who gave to the appeals and also the volunteers who helped by collecting at the store for the charities concerned.

Alan Quick