Ermine Music receives a champion grant

ALMOST £182,000  will be shared by 215 local good causes and charities thanks to Lincolnshire Co-op's Community Champions scheme. 

Between September 2025 and March 2026, a donation was made each time a member shopped with their dividend card, colleagues organised fundraising, and customers donated spare change into collection pots in outlets – a total of £181,928 was raised.

Ermine Music was one of 33 good causes in Lincoln receiving a boost from the scheme. The community choir group will receive £674 from donations raised at Lincolnshire Co-op's Queen Elizabeth Food Store and Trelawney Crescent Post Office. 

Annie Griffith, Musical Director of Ermine Music, said: “Thank you so much to Lincolnshire Co-op and its customers for all the funding we’ve received, it will help us continue to pay for the hall where we meet every week.”

Danielle Lowther, Senior Community Co-ordinator, said: “Thank you to our incredible members, customers and colleagues whose combined support will see these good causes continue to make a difference – this wouldn’t be possible without you.”

The next phase of the scheme – running until September 2026 – will support all the food bank facilities across the city.