Support Nafsiyat in bagging Tesco’s funding!

January 10, 2019 by Nafsiyat News 0 comments

Nafsiyat is bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.

Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores awarded to local community projects.

Three groups in every Tesco region 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.

Nafsiyat is one of the groups on the shortlist.

Voting is open in all Tesco stores in March and customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop. Visit one of the stores listed below to vote for us!

> City Road Express Store EC2A 4DE
> Archway Holloway Road Express Store N19 5SS
> Caledonian Road Express Store N7 8TP
> Chiswell Street Express Store EC1Y 4TY
> Clerkenwell Street Express Store EC1V 3AF
> Drayton Park Express Store N5 1AN
> Essex Road Express Store N1 2EB
> Highbury Metro Store N7 8JP
> Hornsey Express Store N19 4HN
> Islington Green Metro Store N1 8DU
> Kings Cross Metro Store N1 9DX
> Newington Green Express Store N16 9BS
> New North Street Express Store N1 8SY
> Pentonville Road Express Store N1 9TT
> Seven Sisters Road Express Store N4 2HY
> Sisters Road Express Store N7 7NS
> St John Clerkenwell Express Store EC1V 4UD
> Stroud Green Metro Store N4 3PX

Tesco’s Bags of Help project has already delivered over £63 million to more than 20,000 projects across Britain. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups every time they shop. Every other month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.

Alec Brown, Head of Community at Tesco, said:

“Bags of Help has been a fantastic success and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response from customers. It’s such a special scheme because it’s local people who decide how the money will be spent in their community. There are some fantastic projects on the shortlists and we can’t wait to see these come to life in hundreds of communities.”

Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said:

“Bags of Help continues to enable local communities up and down Britain to improve the local spaces and places that matter to them. The diversity of projects that are being funded shows that local communities have a passion to create something great in their area. We are pleased to be able to be a part of the journey and provide support and encouragement to help local communities thrive.”

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. Anyone can nominate a project and organisations can apply online. To find out more visit www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp.