FORRES Area Soccer Sevens is in the money after bagging a £500 windfall from a local supermarket.
The money was donated to the community group from the Co-op Community Fund which uses money through carrier bag charges and sales in the company’s food stores.
The Soccer 7s were shortlisted and the final three were voted on by Co-op members.
Shaun Moat, chairman of the Soccer 7s which meets every Sunday in Grant Park said: “ We are really pleased that local co-op members have voted for us and that we have come out top. The money will be used for further enhancement of the equipment we have purchased for this forthcoming season.”
The new season begins on February 14.
Shaun added: “We are still accepting children to sign up. They just need to go to www.forres-soccer7s.co.uk but they need to be quick to reserve a place in this season’s teams.
In total the Co-op is distributing over £750,000.
John McNeill, Managing Director for The Co-operative Food in Scotland, said: “From defibrillators to day care centres and schools to scout groups, as a community retailer we want to enable members, colleagues, customers and communities across Scotland to make a difference locally. “The Co-op shares the aspiration of seeing a reduction in the number of single-use carrier bags in circulation. In addition, hundreds of local groups and organisations are set to receive a much needed funding boost – together, we are reducing, reusing, recycling and, reinvesting in our communities.”