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Apply for a Stronger Starts Grant

Who is eligible to apply?

Grants will be awarded to schools, voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), health bodies (e.g. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Hospital Trust, Foundation Trust), Parish/Town Councils, local authorities and social housing providers.

This list is not exhaustive and there will be many other types of organisations that will be funded.

Giving a Stronger Start to children in local communities

We all know that children need healthy food and exercise to build a strong foundation for life. Yet almost half of UK parents worry that their children won’t reach their potential because they don’t have enough access to healthy meals and opportunities to get active.

At Tesco, we believe we can help change that.

What Stands in the Way?

There are clear opportunities to make a difference. Today, almost 8 out of 10 schools are drawing from their limited budgets to provide food for pupils. And many schools struggle to afford the vital sport equipment and fitness programmes children need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We must try to change this.

Introducing: Stronger Starts

To help children have a stronger start in life, we partnered with Groundwork to create a new £5.3m grant programme called Stronger Starts. Our goal? To give 1 million children a Stronger Start by helping fund healthy food and fitness activities that can improve their physical health and mental wellbeing - from breakfast clubs to playground equipment, football kits to gardening classes.

Application

Schools and groups apply for funding with Groundwork.

Shortlisting

Groundwork assesses the applications and selects projects that are most likely to make a difference to their local community.

Customer voting

Customers vote in their local Tesco stores from 1 July.

Funding awarded

Stronger Starts grant winners are announced.

Tesco's Purpose

Together with Groundwork, we’ve supported over 50,000 local projects with over £100m worth of grants since 2016. Today, recognising that young people are the future of our communities, we’re committed to giving 1m children a Stronger Start at life.

Alongside the £5.3m for Stronger Starts, we’ll also support other local community projects with an additional £2.7m in funding – and our Golden Grants programme is still going strong.