Waitrose Customers Can Support the Putney Relief Committee
Local charity benefits from Community Matters green tokens
Show your support by giving your token to 'Putney Relief'. Picture: Waitrose
January 20, 2026
The Putney Relief Committee, part of the Parish of Putney, has been chosen as one of three local beneficiaries in Waitrose’s Community Matters scheme — the supermarket’s long‑running charitable initiative that supports grassroots organisations through customer‑directed donations.
Throughout the month, shoppers at Waitrose Putney on Upper Richmond Road are invited to place one of the store’s familiar green tokens into the box marked “Putney Relief”, located just behind the self‑checkout tills. At the end of the voting period, Waitrose will allocate one of three funding awards — £1,500, £1,000 or £500 — depending on the number of tokens received.
The Putney Relief Committee is encouraging local residents to support their bid for the top award.
Launched in 2008, Waitrose’s Community Matters scheme is one of the UK’s most recognisable supermarket charity programmes. Each month, every Waitrose branch selects three local causes to share a donation pot. Customers are given a green token at checkout and asked to place it in the box of the cause they wish to support. The more tokens a group receives, the larger its share of the funding.
Over the years, Community Matters has supported thousands of neighbourhood charities, food banks, youth groups, environmental projects and community organisations. The scheme is designed to keep funding decisions local, empowering residents to directly influence which causes receive support.
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