The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme has announced that its funding programme for children’s education and children’s welfare will re-open for applications on the 1st December 2012. The scheme awards one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 to registered charities, schools and not for profit organisations. The funding we give goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children living in the local communities around our stores in the UK.
Projects previously supported include:

    • Playground equipment in schools and local communities
    • Sensory garden or room projects
    • Outdoor classrooms
    • Breakfast and after school clubs
    • Holiday play-schemes
    • Part funding to purchase minibuses; etc. 

The closing date for applications will be the 30th January 2013. Read more at: http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=121