Tesco – Stronger Starts grant

Tesco’s Stronger Starts grants are focused on supporting children and young people, ranging from improving school facilities to providing vital services in the local community.

Tesco Stronger Starts is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations that support children and young people.

Examples of eligible applications include:

• Supporting a local youth sports club to purchase equipment
• Contributing towards costs of a summer play scheme
• Helping young people develop skills and employment prospects
• A project that supports a uniform clothes bank
• Mother and toddler groups
• Funding towards a youth club
• Project that supports a youth choir
• Project that supports a children’s hospice
• Emotional and mental health support for children
• Buying equipment for outdoor or indoor activities
• Schools developing a food growing area
• Voluntary organisations working with families to run a food bank
• Addressing holiday hunger amongst children outside of school time
• Healthy eating projects that support families to cook healthy meals on a budget
• Brownie or Scout groups needing funding for new play equipment or activities

Tesco colleagues in each store will help select those needing a little help in your local area and when customers are given a blue token, in any Tesco stores at the checkout, they can vote for their favourite children’s and young people’s group to receive a grant.