Mace customers help raise £4,303 for Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke

Mace would like to say a big thank you to its customers who helped raise a phenomenal £4,303 for its charity partner, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, simply by purchasing a Frank and Honest Coffee during the brand’s Espresso We Care campaign in October.

The initiative, which ran for four days, saw 50p from the sale of every Frank and Honest Coffee in participating MACE stores, go straight to Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke to help the charity continue to provide its lifesaving and support services.

Now in its fourth year, the ‘Espresso We Care’ fundraising initiative has raised over £15,600 so far for Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke thanks to caring coffee drinking customers.

These funds go directly to enable the charity to continue to deliver care services and health promotion programmes to thousands of people living with, or at risk of developing chest, heart, and stroke conditions.

Director of Marketing at Musgrave NI, which owns the retail brands, Desi Derby, said: “Supporting local is very important to Musgrave and our Mace stores, and we are very proud of our long-term partnership with Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke. We were delighted to run this fundraising campaign for the fourth time and thanks to our caring customers for picking up a coffee and helping us raise funds for a very worthwhile cause.”

Declan Cunnane, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke, added: “We deliver vital care and prevention services across Northern Ireland, as well as carrying out extensive research into how to prevent chest, heart and stroke illnesses. Today, as many as 1 in 3 people here are living with these conditions and we are committed to supporting them. This year 34,587 people and organisations benefited from our services, however, almost 90% of our income comes from public donations.

“We very much appreciate the ongoing support of Mace customers. Their generosity will enable us to help more local people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions and their families.”