Diverse Events CIC calls out for votes to get a share of Tesco’s Community Grants fund
We are bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Community Grants initiative. Tesco works with community charity Groundwork to run its community funding scheme, which sees grants of up to £1,500, £1,000 and £500 awarded to local community projects.
Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top grant.
Diverse Events CIC is one of the groups on the shortlist.
Our primarily aim is to support the groups with running free-to-attend events for the communities, increasing community cohesion and bringing people together. With COVID-19, almost all of these community groups have been affected, as well as the communities they serve. We’d like to support them running events again. If successful, this funding will be used to cover costs at these events. Community events help improve the local economy, and enhance the overall prosperity of the community by increasing community cohesion and strengthening community sprit.
Voting is open in all Tesco stores (New George Street, Notte Street, Alexandra Road, Beaumont Road, Mutley Plain, Discovery Heights) in January, February and March and customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out each time they shop.
Tesco’s Community Grants scheme has already provided over £90 million to more than 40,000 projects across Britain. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups every time they shop. Every three months, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.
Claire De Silva, Head of Community at Tesco, said: “Tesco Community Grants help support local good causes but especially those projects supporting young people, those providing food, and local causes close to our colleagues’ hearts.”
Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “Tesco Community Grants continues to give local projects the boost they need to help their communities thrive. By funding services which support young people and reduce food poverty, we hope to facilitate positive change from the ground up across the UK. We are pleased to have been able to help so many local good causes over the years and look forward to seeing what community organisations can achieve in the future with the right resources.”
