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Online Memorial Platform Sees Donations Flooding In For Isle Of Wight's Lost Loved Ones

An online platform saw a host of Isle of Wight charities receive regular public funding throughout 2022.

The donations were made via a free online memorials feature offered by Southern Co-op's funeral care homes including six on the Island.

The two local causes which received the most donations were the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance which had 185 donations totalling £8,077 and Mountbatten, which had 124 donations totalling £5,506.

Claire McGinty, Client Experience and Aftercare Manager at Southern Co-op, said:

"Each and every one of these donations is thanks to an individual who is grieving for a loved one.

"This is an incredibly generous thing to do and will clearly make a significant difference to all the causes who have benefitted.

"This is possibly even more touching at the moment when a lot of charities are struggling and need all the support they can get. Thank you to all those who donated."

Other Isle of Wight charities to benefit include:

  • Friends of St Mary's Hospital Newport
  • Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum
  • Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary
  • Isle of Wight Foodbank
  • Isle of Wight NHS Trust Charitable Funds
  • Isle of Wight Street Pastors
  • Mountbatten Hospice
  • Wight Brainy Bunch
  • Wessex Cancer Trust

The donations were made by people via The Co-operative Funeralcare locations run by Southern Co-op which are in East Cowes, Freshwater, Lake, Newport, Ryde and Shanklin.

Over the last three years, a total of £2,082,095 was donated by families across the south of England via the free online tribute service offered by Southern Co-op.

The platform, supplied by MuchLoved, enables donations to any UK registered charity with no subscription fee.

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