Caterer Charlton House raises over £6,000 for Seeds for Africa charity

The independent caterers donate a percentage of each sale to the charity which aims to help African families and communities by providing locally sourced seeds, agricultural equipment and relevant technical advice. An estimated 70,000 Charlton House customers can log onto the site for the nutritional and health enhancing properties of the foods available in their 120 staff restaurants nationwide. There are also recipes, an ingredient of the week and many tips on maximising health and wellbeing in the workplace. Caroline Fry, managing director of Charlton House, said:"Every time a customer buys one of our specially branded bottled waters, they are helping communities in Africa to grow their own produce in organic vegetable gardens and fruit tree orchards, giving individuals and communities a future, not just a temporary answer. It means that they have a chance to eat more healthily and they have immediate access to fresh produce. Amanda Gerrard, corporate fundraising officer for Seeds for Africa, added: "The funding raised by Charlton House has helped Seeds for Africa to provide children in a primary school to plant paw-paw, banana, passion fruit, mango and avocado trees as well as trees for shade. "The children have also grown maize, beans, potatoes and tomatoes, as well as native vegetables like such as, saka, miroo, mrere and kunde. To carry out this work the children need tools such as pick axes, hoes, wheelbarrows and fencing to protect the trees from animals." Wellbeing Being Well water is part of Charlton House's healthy eating initiative which aims to improve health in the workplace.