A LOWER EARLEY school is calling out for votes to secure a £1,000 grant.
Hawkedon Primary School is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Community Grants initiative.
The retailer works with community charity Groundwork to give out grants of £1,500, £1,000 and £500.
Three groups are short-listed to receive the cash award and shoppers get to vote on who should take away the top grant.
Hawkedon Primary School is hoping to improve its covid-safe play activities with the money.
Nikki Gladwin-Stride, extended services manager at the school said: “We are very pleased to find out that we have been shortlisted for the grant we applied for in early 2021.
“The £1,000 that we have requested will be put to good use on acquiring play equipment for our children to enjoy during break and lunch times, as we are still operating in bubbles and maintaining social distancing.”
The Community Grants scheme has already provided more than £90 million to more than 40,000 projects across Britain.
Claire De Silva, head of community at Tesco, said that projects that support young people and provide food are closest to colleagues’ hearts.
Groundwork’s national chief executive, Graham Duxbury, said that the grants give projects the boost they need to help their communities thrive.
“By funding services which support young people and reduce food poverty, we hope to facilitate positive change from the ground up across the UK,” he said. “We are pleased to have been able to help so many good causes over the years and look forward to seeing what community organisations can achieve in the future with the right resources.”
Shoppers can vote for Hawkedon Primary School at Tesco shops across Reading.
This includes the Tesco Express on Shinfield Road, in Wokingham borough.
For more information, visit: www.tesco.com/communitygrants.
