Tesco Stronger Starts Grants

Tesco Stronger Starts is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations that support children and young people to apply for a grant of up to £1,500. Every three months, three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK.

Applications are open to all local good causes that support children and young people, with a particular focus on projects that incorporate a food component, such a breakfast clubs, providing holiday club lunches or healthy snacks.

Examples include:

• Growing projects in allotments/planters for use in school kitchen or for children to take home and learn about food
• Breakfast/after school clubs that provides food for pupils
• Sports clubs that provide food as part of the project
• Holiday clubs that provide healthy meals and snacks
• Counselling/mental health support projects that provide a healthy snack as part of the provision
• Projects providing SEND provision with healthy snacks/meals
• Youth clubs that provide a healthy meal/snack
• Addressing holiday hunger amongst children outside of school time
• Healthy eating projects that support families to cook healthy meals on a budget
• Foodbanks to provide food support to families

This is not an exhaustive list and other project ideas also welcomed.

Tesco Stronger Starts can fund 100% of your project costs so you do not have to have any match funding.

Tesco Stronger Starts is a rolling programme, so you can apply for funding all year round.