Community Open Evening Hosted By Tesco Proves Successful

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 bag tax’ with their customers voting for projects they want to see win.

Community Champion David Ryley said;

“This was our second Community Open Evening. It  was a great success with many local community groups, sports clubs, charities and service providers attending.”

“While here they found out more about our community programmes. The guests also took the opportunity to network with other local groups.”

“Those that were unable to attend but would like to find out more about any of these programmes, contact the store.”

A total of £132,000 has already been distributed to local groups, charities and sports clubs. Tesco says that almost 40 projects in Beverley alone have received funding for their projects.

Community Open Evening Was Well Attended By Local Groups

Some of the most recent groups and sports clubs to receive money from Tesco include White Cross Netball Club and also Woodmansey Primary School.

Local charities have also benefited from Bags of Help. Go Kids Go picked up £2,000 from the incentive, money they will use to fund their work with disabled children.

Permanently open, the scheme run by Tesco in Beverley is also keen to hear from more people. They say that anyone who has a project they feel will enhance the community should get in touch.

To date, the company has donated over £4 Million to projects in the Hull and East Riding Region. These have seen people build gardens and also renovate local parks.

Anyone wishing to learn more about how they can put their project forward should email beverley@communityattesco.co.uk