People in Edinburgh can vote for local school and community projects supporting children’s access to healthy food
- Tesco customers in Edinburgh can now vote for one of three local school and community projects to receive a grant of up to £1,500.
- Corstorphine Village Playgroup, Liberton High School and What? Why? Children in Hospital are shortlisted, with funding set to support children and young people’s access to healthy food in the community.
- Voting takes place in-store by dropping the blue token into the relevant box at checkout, and local schools/community groups can apply for future rounds.
A trio of Edinburgh schools and good causes are in the running for much-needed funds to help young people.
Corstorphine Village Playgroup, Liberton High School, and What? Why? Children in Hospital have been selected in the latest round of voting in Tesco’s Free Fruit & Veg grants programme with £500, £1,000 and £1,500 available – and customers can now vote for the one they want to support.
The programme is open to initiatives in Edinburgh that have a clear food focus for young people, including breakfast clubs, holiday food provision, access to healthy snacks for youth groups, community pantries, cookery and nutrition sessions, and food-growing projects that help children learn where food comes from.
The grants form part of Tesco’s wider Fruit & Veg for Schools ambition, giving schools and community groups funding for healthy food projects as the retailer works to help more than one million schoolchildren get fruit and vegetables through its school and community programmes, ran in partnership with community charity Groundwork.
Corstorphine Village Playgroup is keen to receive funding so that it can educate young children on healthy eating.
Also in line for funding is Liberton High School, which is looking to use the money it receives to host a breakfast club every morning for all young people, and deliver food parcels to pupils and their families.
Lastly, What? Why? Children in Hospital will use the grant it gets to help children and parents prepare for a hospital visit to the cardiology department, and answer some of their questions starting with What? and Why?
Claire de Silva, head of community at Tesco, said: “Every child deserves the chance to enjoy healthy food and build the foundations for a stronger future, so we want to support the brilliant schools and community groups in Edinburgh helping children and young people access nutritious food.
“Whether that’s a breakfast club, a pantry, cookery sessions or a project that helps children grow and try new foods, we’d encourage local organisations to apply for the grants – and we’d love shoppers to get involved when the customer vote comes to their local store.”
Customers can vote for the good cause they want to support by dropping the Tesco token they receive at the checkout into the relevant voting box as they leave the store. Each funding round features three local projects, with grants awarded based on the number of tokens received.
Schools and community groups in Edinburgh can apply for funding in future rounds via Tesco, as the retailer looks to support more local projects helping children and young people access healthy, nutritious food. In recent years, thousands of pounds have been donated to Edinburgh good causes.
For more information about the Tesco Free Fruit & Veg for Schools programme and find out how to apply for a grant , visit:: https://www.tescoplc.com/fruit-and-veg-grants