More groups in Beverley have been given a big financial boost thanks to an incentive run by the supermarket giant Tesco.
Beverley Manor Nursery, East Yorkshire Hygiene Bank and Woodmansey Primary have all received grants for their projects.
Charity Groundwork Yorkshire has received a donation to help fund their ‘Cooking on a Budget’ scheme.
The incentive is a project that supports families in the local area teaching them how to plan and cook affordable meals.
A pupil at Leconfield Primary School in Beverley has won a competition launched by the local Tesco store for her artwork raising awareness of littering.
The competition was launched by Tesco Beverley in response to negative stories around littering and fly-tipping in the area and involved a number of local schools raising awareness of the issue by designing posters for display in the store.
East Yorkshire Foodbank says food donated to them by Tesco will have an immense impact on feeding hungry families.
Food poverty in the UK continues to grow while the impact of the Covid-19 is also having an impact. Levels of food insecurity in the UK are the highest in Europe. It is estimated that almost 2 million people in the UK access food banks.
Tesco Community Champion David Ryley says that the store in Beverley is pleased to be working with groups in the area.
Through the supermarket giants pledge to reduce the amount of food waste, they are donating goods to groups. These groups include ones based in Beverley, Leven and also Hull.
Tesco has awarded £25,000 to The Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The RNLI was founded in 1824. Since then it has saved over 139,000 lives.
They provided a 24/7 lifeboat search and rescue throughout the UK.
Local groups and schools are being urged to come forward with a view to be considered for a grant.
Supermarket giant Tesco, in Beverley, is urging community groups, schools and sports clubs to participate in their Bags of Help incentive.
Tesco in Beverley says they are pleased to be working with a local community group based in Leven. They have also taken the time to visit one of the many groups who benefit from surplus food.
Since it was launched, Tesco has donated over 14,000 meals through its Community Food Connection Programme.
Tesco Turns Pink proves to be a great success as the Beverley store raising over £200 for Cancer Research.
Held at the Morton Lane store staff at Tesco Beverley got into the spirit of things dressing up in pink clothing.
Tesco says they are pleased to be working with local groups as they look to put their food waste to good use.
Their Community Food Connection programme has proved so successful it has served up thousands of meals to local people.
Beverley Cherry Tree Centre has awarded £4,000 by the Tesco. The Charity which is based on the Swinemoor Estate won the money in recent customer poll.
The poll which was held at the Tesco store on Morton Lane will now be used to fund a project to improve safety.
A Community Open Evening held by Tesco in Beverley was a success with a number of local groups attending. Held in December the event was a chance for local groups to learn more. While there they found out about the grants available and projects funded by the company. Tesco has been funding community projects in the town through their Bags of Help Incentive. The Incentive raises money through the ‘carrier…
Beverley Community Lift has become the latest local good cause to benefit from the Tesco Bags of Help incentive.
Beverley Community Lift says that the £4,000 they were awarded will be used to help fund a new minibus for the transport based charity.
Tesco in Beverley are inviting local groups to go and see them so they can learn how they can benefit from the Bags of Help scheme.
Taking place on Wednesday 10 October at the Morton Lane store, Tesco will be holding a ‘Meet the Funder Day’ with 15 minute slots available.
Local charity Go Kids Go! Are celebrating after they scooped £2,000 in Tesco incentive ‘Bags of Help’ money that will be used to help fund their Wheelchair Skills Workshops.
Roy Wild, the charity’s Training Manager was delighted that customers at the Tesco Store in Beverley have voted for the charity to win.
Beverley Braves Rugby Club Chairman Beil Gay says the club are ‘overjoyed’ after they were awarded £2000 thanks to the Tesco Bags of Help scheme.
David Ryley, the Tesco Community Champion in Beverley and Team Manager Sian Spall visited the club to present them with their prize money which they won due to number of votes received by customers.
Tesco in Beverley appealing for local groups to put themselves forward for their local community grant scheme Bags of Help.
To date a number of local groups, schools and charities have enjoyed the benefits of thousands of pounds which they have been able to put to use delivering a range of community projects.
St Mary’s Primary school say their Active Travel Breakfast was a huge success and given it popularity they had to hold it over two mornings.
An annual event at the school, the Active Travel Breakfast is part of wider incentive to encourage young people to lead healthier lifestyle.