MAN&BOY is delighted to announce it has bagged nearly £4,000.00 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme. Bags of Help is run in partnership with environmental charity Groundwork, and sees grants raised from the sale of carrier bags awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Since launching in 2015, it’s provided more than £52 million to over 16,000 local community projects. Millions of shoppers have voted in Tesco stores up and down the country and it can now be revealed MAN&BOY has been awarded £3,952.00 Work will now begin on bringing the project to life. This grant will be used by MAN&BOY to provide our Summer 2018 Camp to be held in the grounds of Ashburnham Conference Centre, Sussex, later this month (June). On this occasion we will be offering camping, bushcraft, rafting, archery and other outdoor challenge activities, with the support of our great facilitators and volunteer team! Trevor Quy, Director noted: “ We are very grateful to Tesco Bags of Help and our fantastic local community who voted to support this camp. The camp offers a real opportunity for relationships to be developed between young boys who may be struggling with an aspect of life and a male family member who can get alongside them for an uninterrupted weekend of fun and learning new skills in a supportive atmosphere.”
Alec Brown, Tesco’s Head of Community, said: “Bags of Help has been a fantastic success and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response from customers. It’s such a special scheme because it’s local people who decide how the money will be spent in their community. We can’t wait to see the projects come to life.” Voting ran in stores throughout March and April with customers choosing which local project they would like to get the top award using a token given to them at the checkout. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups each time they shop.
Every other month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions are awarded funding. Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “Bags of Help continues to enable local communities up and down the UK to improve the local spaces and places that matter to them. The diversity of projects that are being funded shows that local communities have a passion to create something great in their area. We are pleased to be able to be a part of the journey and provide support and encouragement to help local communities thrive.”
Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. Anyone can nominate a project and organisations can apply online. To find out more visit www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp.
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