First look inside the new Eden Service Station near Malton

The announcement means that the Eden Service Station team will support the special family of Ridare with a series of fundraising activities and events throughout the year. These firsts will take place on Saturday, April 12th, with family fun days being held at the service station to celebrate the recent opening. Charity representatives will be present on the day and there will be raffles and collection boxes in the store to launch a fundraising campaign. Meanwhile, the first 100 customers who visit the service station on Family Fun Day will receive a free Goodie bag. There is also free face painting. Prizes containing vouchers for free coffee. And in-store games and competition series offers customers the opportunity to win instant awards. Much more.

Russell Foster, area manager at Jos Richardson & Son, said: “I live in Ryedale and recently hired 16 new members of staff at my local Eden Service Station.

“We couldn’t think of a great reason to name it as a chosen charity partner rather than a special family in Rydal, which does an incredible job in supporting young people with disabilities and families with additional needs throughout Rydal.

Russell added: “We want to see as many locals as possible on a family's fun day. There are many competitions and prizes, and the first fundraising activity for special families in Rydale.”

“We've been working hard to get the most out of our lives,” said Lisa Keenan, Chief Executive of Ryedale Special Family. “We are extremely pleased to be appointed charity partner for Eden Service Station. Working with the local community is extremely important to the Ryedale Special Family, which supports important work with families with children with disabilities.

“We look forward to a family fun day on April 12th to celebrate the opening of our new service station and the beginning of what we hope to become an incredible community partnership between the Eden Service Station and the special family at Rydale.”

Jos Richardson & Son Ltd. has invested £3.5 million alongside the busy A169 in the development of a new Eden Service Station near Malton, just off the A64. The new 24-hour fuel station is the BP brand, while the convenience store is the Spur brand. Spur is a wholesale brand of James Hall of Preston, a partner in Joss Richardson & Son's long-term convenience store. Hot and cold “food” offerings include James Hall's Clayton Park Bakery and the cheeky COF-FEE CO brand. A new 150 kilowatt electric vehicle charging bay will be installed as part of the second phase of work planned for the second half of the year at both the Goule and Malton sites.

Originally founded in Ghoul, the fifth generation family business, now headed by Fais in Brackenholm near Houden, operates 12 sites in East, North and West Yorkshire, both in East Yorkshire and Joss Richardson & Son Limited, employing more than 200 people.