Seaforde community store raises over £2,000 for local charity 

The team at Brennan’s SPAR Seaforde recently held a family fun day in aid of local charity, Marie Curie.  

The team invited the local community to enjoy tea, coffee and sweet treats, as well as spin biking, a wet sponge challenge and football games, raising £2,003 for the charity.  

Just last year, the team from Brennan’s SPAR contributed a significant amount of fundraising towards a NI-wide total of over £1M from SPAR NI to Marie Curie NI.  

The partnership between SPAR NI and Marie Curie NI has been active since 2017 and has seen Brennan’s SPAR put its full support behind some of Marie Curie’s biggest and most iconic campaigns, including The Great Daffodil Appeal and Blooming Great Tea Party, while also running their own fundraising initiatives and events in-store to become one of the top SPAR fundraisers in NI.  

Conor McKibbin, store owner, said: “Many members of our team here at Brennan’s SPAR have experienced the amazing support and wonderful work of the charity personally, so it’s important to us all to put so much time and effort into our fundraising for Marie Curie.

“We have been supporting Marie Curie for years now and will continue to organise our events, coffee mornings and annual fun days to show our gratitude for such a worthy cause that has helped so many.”  

About the Henderson Group  

• Henderson Group ranked 3rd in the Ulster Business Top 100 NI Companies 2025 and 6th in the Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies 2025. 
• The Group owns the SPAR, EUROSPAR, VIVO, VIVOXTRA and VIVO Essentials franchises in Northern Ireland.  
• Four companies make up the Group – Henderson Wholesale, Henderson Retail, Henderson Foodservice and Henderson Group Property, all of which have achieved Gold Investors in People Accreditation, with Henderson Retail and Henderson Foodservice achieving Platinum status. 
• Henderson Wholesale has been distributing food and grocery-related products to the convenience retail sector for over 120 years and is the largest operator of its kind in the country.  
• The Group is committed to sourcing local fresh foods from farmers, growers and suppliers, with over 75% of fresh products sourced on the island of Ireland. 
• Henderson Retail owns and operates 118 SPAR and EUROSPAR stores in Northern Ireland and has been named Independent Retail Chain of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards five times (2017, 2022 – 2025). 
• Henderson Foodservice is a market leading supplier to over 4,500 hospitality businesses, providing a vast range of products to hotels, schools, restaurants etc. across the island of Ireland. 
• The Group employs 6,000 staff across its company-owned stores, support office and regional distribution centre in Mallusk, Newtownabbey. 
• Other prestigious award wins include Belfast Telegraph Business Awards, Belfast Telegraph Grocer Marketing Awards, Business Eye Awards, BITC Awards and multiple national Retail Industry Awards, Convenience Awards, Forecourt Trader Awards and Grocer Gold Awards.