Over 600 schools supported by local retailers through School Sports Day Campaign

Over 600 schools have been provided with a sports day boost from their local SPAR, EUROSPAR, ViVO and ViVOXTRA stores.

The School Sports Day Campaign, which began over 13 years ago, has this year supported 606 schools, compared to 494 in 2024. In total, 576 kits were provided to schools, along with 247 packs of medals and local retailers also provided refreshments and goodies, ensuring the pupils had a fantastic sports day.

Five schools across the country were also chosen to receive £250 from EUROSPAR NI, to help with the purchase of much needed sports equipment. The five chosen schools were Knockbreda Primary School in Belfast, St Eithne’s Primary School in Derry/Londonderry, Dromintee Primary School in Newry, St. Patrick’s Primary School in Ballymena and Bush Primary School in Dungannon. This comes as EUROSPAR NI celebrate their 25th anniversary and 25 years supporting local schools and communities.

Bronagh Luke from Henderson Group commented, “Our partnerships with local schools are so important to us and to every single one of our stores across NI. Our teams are dedicated to their local communities, always looking for new ways to raise money, make donations or provide support in any way they can, and this commitment runs through our brand and our store teams.

“It’s important to us to make a positive impact on our communities, while continuing to build on our Sports Day initiative with our retailers donating to more schools year on year.”