Marks & Spencer

HQ: North Wharf Road, London, W2 1NW, United Kingdom

This is how Marks & Spencer is investing in local communities. A verified record of community support, tracked on Neighbourly.

Company info

Branches
573
Company size
Corp

Marks & Spencer is Verified Neighbourly

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What Marks & Spencer has delivered.

The positive impact Marks & Spencer has helped to create in communities.

All-time totals

People supported weekly

The number of people indirectly helped each week by the good causes Marks & Spencer has supported

5,986,809

Good causes supported

6,366

CO2e saved (tonnes)

210,253

Money donated

£6,881,245

Volunteering (hours)

6,994

Non-food donated (tonnes)

1,133

Meals donated

137,088,081

Off-platform volunteering (hours)

14,400

Meals donated by M&S customers (meals)

1,753,882

Types of good causes supported

Every charity and community group on our platform is assigned a primary mission type based on the main need it supports. For example, a food bank may categorise itself under social welfare.


People who benefitted


CategoryCauses supported
Families2497
People with disabilities2355
Children (10-14)1833

Communities that benefitted


LocationCauses supported
London583
Belfast171
Glasgow169

How it works

Here's how businesses create local impact through Neighbourly.

Through Neighbourly, Marks & Spencer has donated surplus food, money, products and volunteer time, turning business resources into meaningful community impact.

  1. 1

    A business gives

    Through Neighbourly, businesses donate resources to local good causes.

  2. 2

    A local good cause puts it to use

    Support goes directly to charities and community organisations, helping them free up time and resources to focus on what matters most.

  3. 3

    People get the support they need

    Whether it's a hot meal, essential products, a safe place to meet or someone to talk to, support reaches people in ways that make a real difference.

  4. 4

    Every contribution counts

    Together, these contributions create real, measurable impact in local communities. That's social value in action.

Causes connected to Marks & Spencer

Verified resources received

Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's

London, UK

Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's is a drop-in centre and community kitchen supporting vulnerable people in Earl's Court, with a mission to fight hunger, social exclusion and food waste. Every weekday, we serve a nutritious three-course meal made from surplus food, following an ethos that emphasises dignity and hospitality for our clients. Our aim is to provide a safe and welcoming environment where those who come to the Centre can feel valued, accepted and heard. Our client group includes (but is not inclusive to) rough sleepers and homeless people; people suffering from varying degrees of mental health issues; people suffering from substance misuse issues; over 60s and anyone living on or below the poverty line. We function primarily as a free lunch service for all who attend the Centre. Our clients also visit us as a first point of contact; as a referral hub and advisory service; and to engage with a meaningful variety of activities available to them. We provide essential services for rough sleepers such as a free shower, laundry, clothes resource; phone, computer and Wi-Fi access; as well as free food and toiletry items upon availability. Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's is open Monday - Friday, 10.00-15.30.

What we've received

Meals33,131
Non-food (tonnes)0.38

Looprun Bristol

Bristol, UK

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise called Glass Mill Social Enterprise C.I.C. This is more than food and is part of a platform called RSBA1 (Response, Sustain, Build, Achieve). A free supportive services platform to help people get back on their feet. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the happy stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and clothing to people facing a challenge. Whatever you can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. As everything given and everybody counts. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun food donations can include fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery items and non perishables. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with your food donations. Therefore we need your help to ensure we can supply the demand in this crisis. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. We, therefore, are a platform for a voice to be heard in the community and share life changing stories. It would be great to have more partners become part of these stories in your local community. Looprun has also expanded into providing toiletries and brand new items of clothing. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: www.loopruninstore.org

What we've received

Meals210
Non-food (tonnes)0.01

Open Soulz

London, UK

Our mission is to help transform the lives of homeless and vulnerable people in LONDON - from ALL walks of life. WHATEVER your situation, income, race, ability, gender or sexuality - rich or poor - we are here to help build a community where all are welcome - to eat, drink, laugh.. and talk. A place where you can discover yourself - through supportive friendship and genuine community. We are a new Charity aiming to provide a safe and secure space for people to be together, create simple shared experiences, and to end the legacy of isolation in this post-Pandemic era. All are welcome. Please support us - as we try to build a meeting place - and sanctuary - for all. Rudi Director Open Souls Be Part of The Solution We are currently looking for a hall or church building to host once a weekly event - for six hours during the day on the same day of each week on an ongoing basis. If you are inspired by our mission, and can offer hall or church space, or would like to contribute financially - little or large - we would like to hear from you. Please get in touch with me, and I would love to hear your story and chat to you personally. We would like to provide both volunteers and community members with time to stop - and just be. A place to sit and relax - with hot foods and drink. An invite for ALL - for those who want to come - there is a place at our table.

What we've received

Meals143,480
Non-food (tonnes)1.69

Marks & Spencer Neighbourly campaigns

Surplus food donations for our local community

Since 2015 M&S has been putting surplus food to the best possible use in our local communities. Our stores are connected with more than 2,000 local charities and groups where our surplus is transformed into meals, ensuring nothing goes to waste. Since the start of our partnership, M&S has provided over 130 million meals.

Gifts that Give

During Christmas 2022, M&S teamed up with Neighbourly to donate £1 million across 1,000 charities and community groups across England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales through the Neighbourly Foundation (charity 1189514). Through the campaign, the gifts M&S customers gave went towards supporting community causes and families in their area, each with their own inspiring and unique story. Together with Neighbourly, M&S shortlisted a selection of amazing causes to not only support, but also to help raise awareness of the important work they do. To celebrate, M&S brought together a number of these hardworking charities and community groups to feature in their Christmas TV advert, which has been shot by The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey.

M&S Community

Between 18th - 22nd June, colleagues in every M&S store across the UK and Ireland will have the opportunity to volunteer for a local community project.

M&S Volunteer Week 2019

From 3rd - 7th June 2019, M&S employee volunteers across the country are supporting hundreds of good causes, championing the wellbeing of young people in their local communities.

M&S Gives Back

Between 2017 and 2025, we will support M&S colleagues worldwide to contribute one million hours of work-time community volunteering where it really matters.

M&S Charity of the Year 2017/18

We’re supporting charities that are important to our local store teams, sparking a positive change in each community with an M&S store. Who better to choose the causes that need our help than the passionate M&S staff members who live and work there?

Spend It Well

We believe that good deeds make great communities, which is why from 1st – 10th June, 7000 M&S colleagues from over 650 stores and offices donated their time and skills to over 700 local community projects.

M&S Charity of the Year 2016/17

Every year, our stores choose a charity to support, sparking a positive and important change in all communities with an M&S store. Who better to choose the charities that need our help than the employees who live and work there?

Share the love with Mrs Claus

Mrs Claus wants everyone to have a great Christmas. She's making a donation to 76 of the local charities that M&S stores support all year round, so they can have something on their wish list too.

M&S Spark Something Good

Spark Something Good is our way of creating change in the communities that we live and work in. We've sparked good in nine cities across the UK and Ireland, transforming 24 community projects in each one with the help of our customers and employees.

M&S Charity of the Year 2015/16

We’re supporting charities that mean a lot to our local store teams, sparking a positive and important change in every community with an M&S store. Who better to choose the charities that need our help than the employees who live and work there?

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