Tesco Community Grants fund thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping to fight holiday hunger, tackle mental health, support young people, host community events and much more.
Since 2016 the scheme has supported over 40,000 community groups with more than £90million in grants.
In the Beverley area the following groups will each benefit from the latest round of grants:
British Red Cross received £1500 to help feed people in Beverley. East Riding Voluntary Action Services received £1000 for their Leco Kidz Enviro Monkeys project in Leconfield.
Cherry Burton Primary School have also received a grant, they were awarded £500 for their Forest School project.
Staff from Tesco in Beverley recently met with two of the winning groups to find out more about how they will benefit from the awards.
Lisa Harris, Volunteen Green Influence Worker said:
“Thank you so much to Tesco and their customers for supporting us with this project. We were so excited to receive the £1000 grant and are looking forward to continuing working in our community garden. Thank you all again!”
Cherry Burton Primary School said:
“Thank you very much to Tesco for the funding to enable us to develop our forest school provision at our school. The children will love getting hands-on helping with the development so they really will be fully involved in the process.”