More groups in East Yorkshire have benefited as a result of grants issued by Tesco in Beverley.
Community projects in the town have received cash from the supermarket giant which will be used to fund a range of 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.
Asda and Morrisons who both have stores in Beverley have cut prices as supermarkets compete for customers with households hit by the soaring cost of living.
Price pressures have led both supermarkets to lose customers to discounters like Aldi and Lidl.
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.
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.
Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme, which funds thousands of community projects every year.
The projects must meet the criteria of bringing benefits to the community. Throughout October – December 2020 the grant scheme made £2m of support available to local projects focused on children and young people.
St Mary’s Primary School have thanked the local Tesco store and their customers. Their comments come after they were awarded cash by the supermarket.
The school in Beverley was awarded the money as part of the Bags of Help incentive. Following a vote by shoppers at the Morton Lane store, the school were named winners in the 2019 March / April draw.
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.
David T. Wade has been elected as an official representative for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) at Tesco’s Distribution Centre near Goole, East Yorkshire.
The role includes union meetings related to Usdaw members’ disciplinary issues and includes matters related to sickness, absences, holidays, flexible working, performance and conduct.
Marie Curie won the second prize of £15,000 in our North and East Yorkshire region’s July – September Centenary Grants Bags of Help customer vote.
The vote took place in all Tesco stores across the region. Staff from Tesco met with Kelly Maton from the charity at the Hull St Stephens store.
Leading charities the Trussell Trust and FareShare are appealing to people in Hull to volunteer to help in the UK’s biggest food collection for people in need.
From Thursday, November 21 until Saturday, November 23 the two charities will be collecting food in Tesco stores across the UK during the annual Tesco Food Collection. They are looking for local volunteers to encourage shoppers to donate so that as much food as possible can be collected.
Cherry Burton Primary School who won £2,000 in Tesco Bags of Help customer vote have completed their project.
As a result of this grant and support from the friends of the school they have built a school trim trail.
Beverley Town Tennis Club marked their 100th Anniversary with a special event at their clubhouse.
Founded in 1919 the club captain says they are still going strong while he also adds the club are due to make improvements.
St Mary’s Primary School have been awarded a cash windfall, money they say they will be used to improve their outdoor area.
The school on Eden Road in Beverley was awarded the money by the Tesco in Beverley. In all, they received £2,000 as a result of finishing first in the supermarket’s Bags of Help incentive.
Tesco’s Beverley store has joined hundreds of others across the UK to celebrate four years of the supermarket’s surplus food donation scheme.
The store showcased the Community Food Connection scheme, which is run in conjunction with food charity FareShare.
Woodmansey Primary School PTFA has been awarded £2,000 by the Tesco incentive Bags of Help.
The school were one of the winners for the competition held at Tesco store on Morton Lane for the months of January to February.
Beverley Town Tennis Club won £1,000 in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme, money they say will be used to help resurface a court.
During the months of January and February customers at the Tesco on Morton Lane voted for the club and their project.
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.