For 30 years Redkite has been helping Australian children and young people with cancer and their families, offering essential emotional, financial and educational support through every stage of the cancer journey. In January this year, we partnered with them, pledging to help Redkite help the 11,000 children and young people in Australia who are cancer patients or survivors by raising $5 million for the charity in 2013. We’re happy to announce we’re well on the way to achieving this target with our customers and team members helping to raise over $2.5 million for Redkite so far.
These funds will help Redkite pay for essentials like food, fuel, counselling & education support, so thank you to everyone who has purchased our specially marked Coles bread, participated in fundraising activity, donated at the register (or online) and flown a redkite in store. Check out the photos below of some of the displays you helped to create…
Every day an additional four children or young people will be diagnosed, yet only around half of their families are aware of the support provided nationally by Redkite. Your continued generosity will help bridge this gap and ensure families aren’t missing out on Redkite’s support.
We’re proud to announce we recently received an award for our Foodbank Australia partnership. Over the last 10 years, our food donations have created over 10 million meals for Aussies in need.
Did you know that one in 10 babies born in Australia today will develop a food allergy? This worrying statistic indicates that life-threatening allergic reactions in children aged four and under have increased fivefold over the last 10 years. Alarmingly, too, approximately 10 Australians die as a result of allergic reactions (analphylaxis) each year.
Earlier this year, we announced our partnership with Redkite, a national charity supporting children and young people with cancer and their families. Redkite needs to at least double in size in order to reach all who need their essential support as there are families right now who can’t access Redkite’s support programs
Thanks to our Coles Community Food with SecondBite program, fresh produce bound for landfill is feeding hungry Australians. It’s a startling statistic – 1.2 million Australians don’t have access to affordable, safe and nutritious food. But through our partnership with SecondBite, a national not-for-profit food rescue organisation, 1.9 million kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetables and bakery goods have been donated by Coles to food agencies. They distribute or cook the food and serve to the hundreds of thousands of people in need of a well-balanced, nutritious diet.
We’re proud to be a major supporter of Coeliac Australia and once again we’re partnering with them for their annual awareness week. Coeliac Awareness Week, 13 to 20 March, seeks to provide information about Coeliac disease and support for those with the condition.
This Australia Day, we are pleased to announce our new partnership with
From today, five cents from every loaf of Coles Smart Buy bread and Coles Brand bread will be donated to Redkite. We are also making it easy for customers and Team Members to make cash donations at the register, through coles online and self-service checkouts or directly to 
A little while ago we told you it was happening and now we’re pleased to say we’ve stopped selling Coles Brand caged eggs & phased out sow stalls in all Coles Brand fresh pork, ham & bacon production.
The practical bench seats – crafted from recycled plastics such as cling wrap, plastic bags, lolly bags and reusable ‘green bags’ – will be donated to local community groups. The furniture is made locally in partnership with the RED Group and Replas and is just another way we are Helping Australia Grow by supporting local jobs, the environment and our local communities. Look out for the recycle bins in store and for more information on the program, including which stores currently have the recycle bins, visit 
