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Primula Cheese contributes to £7.8 million shared with good causes in 2021

Primula is a cheese with a difference. We’re owned by the Kavli Trust and every year we donate millions of pounds to good causes. We find and fund projects that positively impact people’s lives in our community. In 2021, £7.8 million was shared with good causes and over £62 million throughout the last decade! In…

Local charities receiving donations outside of Primula offices

Primula surprises local causes with six-figure donation

Every year we donate all profits from the sales of our delicious cheese to good causes in the UK and around the world. This year we’re delighted to have supported three local charities nominated by our team to receive the surprise donation totalling £105,000. The charities chosen by the Primula team; Changing Lives, Bede Community…

Primula Cheese joins the fight against housing injustice in partnership with social media star Poppy Cooks

Primula, the UK’s favourite squeezy cheese brand, is set to donate a portion of its Christmas profits to charity as part of its latest campaign with social media star Poppy Cooks. The campaign will see £10,000 go to UK-based homelessness charity Shelter’s ‘Recipe for Change’ initiative, a cooking fundraiser that asks people to come together…

Primula staff presenting a cheque to Great North Air Ambulance with helicopter in the background

Great North Air Ambulance Service flying high thanks to £26,000 investment from Primula

We donate all our profits to good causes in the UK and around the world via the Kavli Trust. Each year we offer all employees the chance to nominate causes close to their hearts to receive a surprise donation. Our team chose the Great North Air Ambulance Service, recognising the charity and the vital service…

PRIMULA HELPS LOCAL CHARITIES CELEBRATE 2021 WITH MUCH NEEDED DONATIONS

After what has been one of the most difficult years the country has ever faced, there were smiles all round as three charities in the North East received a surprise lift to the new year when they were presented with a combined donation of £77,000 by Primula. As part of the charitable Kavli Trust,…

LOVE TO SHARE: PRIMULA DONATES MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES TO LOCAL CAUSES DURING COVID CRISIS

Primula Cheese, which is owned by the charitable Kavli Trust, has been doing its bit to help out local NHS services, charities and good causes during the unprecedented Coronavirus pandemic. Not only has the Gateshead-based business remained open since the start of the pandemic, with employees working harder than ever to ensure they can continue…

LOVE TO SHARE: PRIMULA SURPRISES TWO MORE NORTH EAST CHARITIES WITH THOUSANDS OF POUNDS

Another two charities in the North East received a surprise gift today as we presented them with a combined donation of £35,000, bringing our total donation to local charities to £102,000 in the last three months. 4Louis and The Cheesy Waffles Project were both invited to our head office in Gateshead for what they thought was a pitch to colleagues to…

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR THREE LOCAL CHARITIES

Three charities in the North East received a surprise early Christmas present at our annual Christmas site briefing as we presented them with a combined donation of £67,000. St Bede’s Palliative Care Unit, South Street Community Primary School and Jack’s Journey were all invited to our head office for what they thought was a pitch to…

THOUSANDS RAISED FOR MAGGIE’S AT PRIMULA CHARITY BALL

We are delighted to reveal that we have raised a whopping £16,500 for Maggie’s Centre in Newcastle after joining forces with a whole host of businesses from the North East and beyond for this year’s Primula Ball. Hosted by our managing director, Paul Lewney, the glittering Primula Charity Ball, which was attended by more supporters than ever…