OKEHAMPTON’S Waitrose store is looking for local organisations to benefit from its Community Matters scheme.

Commonly known as the green token scheme, Community Matters enables customers to nominate charitable and other locally based organisations working within the community.

On a monthly basis, three local organisations are chosen and £1,000 of the store’s profit is made available to divide between the causes.

A token is given to customers after a transaction and they choose which local group they wish to support by placing their token in the box for the relevant cause.

£1,000 is divided at the end of the month corresponding with the number of tokens which have been placed in each box.

Vickie Mills, Community Matters partner for Waitrose Okehampton, said: ‘We are lookng for local organisations and good causes to join the scheme. If you would like to nominate one, please fill in a Community Matters form available at the welcome desk in store or email [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.’