It is with grateful thanks to you our Customers that The Jempson Foundation are able to make a donation of £15,000 to The Salvation Army to aid their efforts to provide practical and emotional support for people displaced from Ukraine.

Active in Ukraine and across Europe, they are also delivering essential provisions including food, water and blankets and are committed to assist for as long as it takes.

“When I first saw the email, I didn’t know what to say. This will change so many lives for the better and we are so thankful for the overwhelming kindness of your Customers” Major Karen Smith, Salvation Army

“We would like to thank our Customers for their generosity and sympathetic response to the plight of the people of Ukraine” Stephen Jempson

The Jempson Foundation are very pleased to be able to make a donation today to Beckley Preschool to help provide much needed ICT and IT equipment to help support the children’s development as well as for the Staff.

Sharon Parker pictured here with our very own Jempson’s Greeter Gary!

We are delighted to be hosting a number of Bank Holiday Charity Boot Fairs again this year in the Peasmarsh car park, with all sales of pitch proceeds being donated to local good causes and the Easter Bank Holiday event on 18th April 2022, in aid of the RNLI at Rye Harbour is the first in this year’s calendar.

All of the dates are listed below, so pop them in your diary.

18th April – RNLI – Rye Harbour

2nd May – Rye & District Community Transport

29th August – Rye & District Day Centre

These local charities benefit from both our hospitality and, we hope, your support as there’ll be something for everyone!

All vendors are to set up prior to customers arriving, gates open at 5:30am with hard-standing pitches from £7 on the day (which will be donated to charity).

Gates for customers open at 7am.

All vendors must provide their own sanitising products for customers and individual stalls.

Contactless card payment should be used where possible.

Our Peasmarsh Superstore and petrol station will be fully open.

There’s plenty of free parking and the whole family are always very welcome.

Hope to see you there!

Please respect our colleagues, thank you.

Jempson’s are proud to support our local farmers, growers, producer and services, as well as the communities that we are privileged to serve.

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible events that are unfolding in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are foremost in our thoughts and we stand in solidarity with them.

It is therefore with immediate effect, that the beneficiary of all our in-store charity boxes will be transferred to fundraising for those whose lives have been affected at this desperately difficult time.

All Jempson’s stores and the Rye Bakery outlets are offering customers and colleagues the opportunity to give their support by way of a voluntary donation of £1 when at our store till points. We will match this, with all the donations received to our in-store charity collection boxes, up to £10,000.

All monies raised will be donated to the ‘Salvation Army Disasters Fund’.

The Salvation Army have emergency teams stationed in Ukraine, as well as Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and other surrounding countries.

Let’s try and reach £20,000 in the coming weeks to reach those in urgent need.

Thank you for your support,

Stephen and all at Jempson’s.

We proudly present an intimate demonstration of cookery with celebrity chef Jack Stein at our Peasmarsh Superstore on Friday 13th May 2022.

Jack is the son of Chef Rick Stein and is Chef Director at his father’s restaurants.

He has appeared on the TV shows “Pointless Celebrities”, “Sunday Brunch”, made regular appearances on “Steph’s Packed Lunch”, as well as presenting his own shows “Jack Stein – Born to Cook” and “Wine, Dine and Stein”. More recently Jack was mentor, chef and judge on ITV’s celebrity culinary competition “Cooking with the Stars”.

Events will be held at 6pm and 8pm.

Places are limited so don’t delay, book your seat today!

Tickets are £15 each and can be purchased from our website shop: https://www.jempsons.com/product/jempsons-meet-the-expert-with-jack-stein/

This is cooking at its very best, we hope that you can join us for what promises to be a great evening!

Our gratitude is extended to our partners of this event:

Peroni – The True Taste of Italy

McDougalls Flour – Baking with Love since 1864

Hardy’s Wines – Established 1853

Lurpak – Good Food Deserves Lurpak

The Jempson Foundation are delighted to have made a donation to Battle and Langton CE Primary School to support the pupils school council project, to purchase recycling bins for their playground.

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Rye College to support their Eco Clubs Bike rack project.

Amy Biddle from Rye College said “Rye College runs a very passionate extra-curricular Eco Club who meet once a week to discuss green initiatives and raise money via their regular bake sales to help fund some of their plans. These include; funding for greener spaces including a student led wildlife friendly garden and vegetable patch, a new bike rack and shelter to encourage more students to bike to school, improve recycling facilities within the school and working with the canteen to reduce waste and promote reusable materials. Their aim is for more sustainable and greener school environment for all to enjoy”.

She continued “We are very grateful for the very kind donation given to us by the Jempson’s Foundation. We are delighted to now have enough funding for our new bike shelter which will make a big difference to lots of students in our community. Thank you Jempson’s!”

Stephen Jempson said ‘The Jempson Foundation was established to extend our support to the local communities where we operate our stores. It was with tremendous pleasure that we made this donation to Rye College’s Eco-Club for their bike shelter and that this support will make a difference to those that attend and their Eco-Club’s green initiative’.

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Family Support Work to help fund a drop in support group for isolated parents and carers of children in Rye.

Chris Emsom said, “We would like to thank The Jempson Foundation for their support. The donation is so gratefully received. The drop in sessions will be a nurturing and accessible space for families to come together safely and spend time together. The weekly group will ease isolation and improve mental well-being and coping abilities for parents living in isolated areas of Rye. We currently work with 15 families providing targeted home-visiting support. All families will attend our drop in support group and other vulnerable families in the area will be welcomed.   Thank you, this donation will make a real difference.”

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Wadhurst Bowling Club for the purchase of new club shirts for the members.

Linda Carless said, “We would like to thank The Jempson Foundation for their support. The donation is so gratefully received. We would like to encourage new members to take up the sport of bowling, particularly younger members. Bowling can bring all ages together to enjoy competition, exercise and friendships. We would like to see bowling in Wadhurst for many years to come.  Thank you, this donation will make a real difference.”

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Rye South Undercliff Allotment Group to support the purchase of water dip tanks to improve access to water for elderly and less mobile members.

Sally Savory said, “We would like to thank The Jempson Foundation for their support. The donation is so gratefully received. Provision of additional water sources will improve plot holders ability to cultivate their plots, thereby enhancing harvests, benefiting families and older members financially and in improved health. Plot holders will also have additional produce to donate to Rye Food Bank – a scheme that has been well supported this year. Thank you, this donation will make a real difference.”

Pictured Dominic Plomer-Roberts and Heidi Foster.

The Jempson Foundation recently made a donation to Playden WI for essential maintenance work to ensure the hall is weatherproof and a safe environment for local users.

Margaret Holbrook said, “We would like to thank The Jempson Foundation for their support. The donation is so gratefully received. We hope that the works will allow for local community groups to hire the hall and encourage Martial Arts, Yoga groups, Tiny Tots, Camera Club, WI meetings and wedding & birthday celebrations to use the facility. Thank you, this donation will make a real difference.”