Tesco’s Beverley store has been working with the Trussell Trust’s East Yorkshire Foodbank for over eight years to help fight hunger in our local area.
The store has a permanent collection point for customer donations which in the last three months alone has resulted in almost three thousand meals going to local people in need. Tesco also helps by making an annual contribution to Trussell Trust.
Tesco Beverley’s Community Food Connection scheme has received praise from The Cherry Tree Centre manager Jo Ramsay.
Currently, The Cherry Tree Centre helps feed over 180 people in the town each week. This is partly made possible as a result of the support offered by the local Tesco store in Beverley.
Tesco is marking its centenary by offering community projects across North and East Yorkshire the chance to bag their share of a huge £100,000 funding pot.
As part of the supermarket’s anniversary celebrations, community organisations from across North and East Yorkshire are being invited to share in the funding during two special Bags of Help voting rounds.
AEDdonate are the latest group to win £2,000 in the Tesco March/April Bags of Help customer vote. Shoppers at the Morton Lane store voted for the project called ‘Defibrillators for Beverley’ .
The defibrillator is to be sited at the Game Bird Public House on Holme Church Lane, Beverley and Tesco recently visited the pub to make the cheque presentation.
Tesco in Beverley have handed over thousands of pounds to The Old School House Care Home after they won the customer’s vote for in the Bags of Help incentive.
Winning for March and April, The Old School House Care Home will use the funds to deliver a project called Digging for Dementia.
Beverley St Nicholas Community Primary School have thanked Tesco after they were awarded £2000 from the Bags of Help Scheme.
Customers who use the Tesco Store on Morton Lane in Beverley voted for Beverley St Nicholas Community Primary School to win the contents for January and February of this year.
Tesco in Beverley has given local community groups a massive cash boost via the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Molescroft Primary School and East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS) are the latest groups to bag funding, earning grants of £5,000 and £2,000 respectively, which have been funded from the 5p carrier bag charge.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Road Safety Team has joined with Tesco’s Beverley store to deliver a series of fun and healthy ‘active breakfasts’ to primary schools across the Beverley area.
Dave Ryley, for the Tesco store in Beverley says thanks to the generosity of people in the town a scheme run to collect food donations was a great success.
Tesco Beverley’s Community Champion Dave Ryley has expressed his gratitude after the store in Beverley collected over 250 trays during the Neighbourhood Food Collection.
