Did you know that Tesco’s blue token scheme has recently been relaunched as Tesco Fruit + Veg grants, and they invite schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations to apply for up to £1,500 for local causes or a specific project that improves children and young people’s overall wellbeing, and includes a healthy food element to the project.
This could involve activities such as eating, cooking or growing food.
It funds projects such as:
- Growing projects (fruit/veg) in allotments/planters for use in school kitchen or cooking projects
- Breakfast/after school clubs that provides food for pupils
- Sports clubs that provide a healthy snack at break time
- Healthy eating projects that support families to cook healthy meals on a budget
- Foodbanks to provide food support to families
- Holiday clubs that provide healthy meals and snacks
- Mental health support projects/ Youth Clubs/ SEND project that provide a healthy snack as part of the provision
- Addressing holiday hunger amongst children outside of school time
The application is completed online, which can be found through the link below:
https://www.tescoplc.com/sustainability/communities/fruit-and-veg-grants
If you are interested and would like to have a chat about your ideas, contact Beth Bowden at the following email address: beth.bowden@groundwork.org.uk. Beth can answer your questions or help to support your application.