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Daily Record
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Walking football in Kirkcudbright receives £1,500 boost from Tesco shoppers
Saints Walking Football topped the Tesco Stronger Starts vote in the Kirkcudbright store. Walking football in Kirkcudbright has received a £1,500 cash boost. Saints Walking Football topped the Tesco Stronger Starts vote in the Kirkcudbright store. Tesco Kirkcudbright community champion Louise Macleod recently paid a visit to a walking football session St Mary's Park to present the cheque to Saints chairman Ian McIntyre and walking football organiser Craig Fabian. Craig said: 'We have an excellent relationship with the team at Tesco who have supported several of our events already. We're delighted to receive the Stronger Starts grant, which will pay for footballs, training equipment and national competition entry fees for our whole season.' Louise added: 'It's been a pleasure and good fun to work with Saints and see the walking fFootball group progress over the last couple of years. 'Tesco is proud to support groups like this in Kirkcudbright and Stronger Starts is a great opportunity to receive funding. 'We encourage charities and community groups to apply for grants up to £1,500. Drop in and see us or apply now online!' If you're interested in giving walking football a go in Kirkcudbright, there are men, women and mixed groups. Call Craig on 07493 777855 or email saintswalkingfootball@
Business News Wales
24-07-2025
- Business
- Business News Wales
Tesco Launches New Express Store in Llantarnam
Tesco is welcoming customers to its new Express store in the Llantarnam area of Cwmbran. The new store, located at Unit 1, Llantarnam District Centre, The Maltings, Cwmbran, opened its doors with a ribbon cutting and celebration with the Llantarnam community. Local resident Melanie Fry and her son Kieron took part in the ribbon cutting. The store team also handed out goody bags to the next ten customers through the doors, whilst the rest were welcomed with a Tesco tote bag and pen as a thank you for joining the celebration. Tesco Express store manager, Owen Westwood, said: 'We are absolutely thrilled to open our new Tesco Express and begin serving the Llantarnam community. The store offers a wide range of fresh produce, convenient meal deals, and tasty bakery items. 'We're also overjoyed to welcome eight new colleagues to the store team. Building strong ties with Llantarnam is central to our vision, and it's important to us that nine of our team members are local to the village. 'We are proud to be part of the Tesco Stronger Starts grant scheme, supporting local schools and helping to promote the health and wellbeing of children in the community.' Local schools and community groups are invited to apply for community funding through Tesco Stronger Starts, the retailer's blue token voting scheme. Every three months, customers in-store can vote for one of three local projects, with first place awarded up to £1,500, second place up to £1,000, and third place up to £500. As part of the store's commitment to supporting the local community, Tesco has donated £500 to Kindness in the Community – Llantarnam Food Bank. The new Express store will also take part in the Community Food Connection scheme, redistributing surplus food to local charities and community groups at the end of each day. Since launching in 2016, the Tesco Community Food Connection scheme has donated over 145 million meals to charities and groups across the UK. This scheme is delivered in partnership with the food redistribution charity FareShare. Each month, Tesco donates the equivalent of more than one million meals to people in need across the country.
Daily Mirror
21-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
How this supermarket is helping children get what they need in school
Each September, teachers often report a growing number of children starting the new academic year without the resources they need to learn. 'We want to help every child thrive,' says headteacher Dan Crossman at Marlborough St Mary's Primary School in Wiltshire. 'The level of need at our school is very high. We have a higher than average pupil premium and a higher than average number of SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) children to look after.' Like other schools striving to meet the needs of their community, Marlborough St Mary's has decided to find alternative routes to provide the extra cash they need. This is where Tesco Stronger Starts comes in. It's a national grant scheme that helps children access essentials such as nutritious food, sports equipment and educational resources. Since its launch in 2023, the programme has already supported over 3.5 million children. Charitable causes are chosen via the blue token scheme, where Tesco customers vote for the organisation of their choice using tokens given at the checkout. Continued support This summer, Tesco is also encouraging customers to support the Stronger Starts fund by purchasing items that include a 10p donation* – this will go towards providing more grants to schools across the UK. Schools receive pupil premium funding based on various criteria, such as the number of children eligible for free school meals or the benefits their parents claim. However, there are many more families who fall through the net. 'We have two sets of families,' Dan explains. 'We've got the children who are identified via the pupil premium - they are easy to track. 'Then, you've got families who are working but still don't have enough money for even basic needs.' One of the reasons the Tesco Stronger Starts fund works for Marlborough St Mary's is that it is a community-based scheme. 'There's a huge amount of goodwill from people who want to make a difference in their local community,' says Dan. 'We felt this scheme perfectly lined up with that. It's our local Tesco, where our families shop.' Life-enriching experiences Schools can use extra funding from Tesco Stronger Starts to meet their families' needs, from subsidising breakfast clubs to, as in the case of Marlborough St Mary's, purchasing extras like gardening tools. With the latter, the school is encouraging children to get involved with growing the food that's cooked and served on-site. So, how quickly are the effects of extra help, such as access to regular, healthy food, felt within a school? The answer, says Dan, is almost immediately. "Tesco Stronger Starts funding has made a real impact on the children at our school. It has contributed towards tools and seeds and equipment that allow our children to see how the fruit and veg they eat are grown. 'As a school team, we're deeply committed to ensuring that all of our children, regardless of background or financial circumstance, receive the best possible education and also life-enriching experiences during their time with us. 'No child should miss out on an experience – whether that's a nutritious meal or a place on a residential trip, simply because of a lack of funds.' This year saw Dan Crossman win a silver award for 'Primary School Headteacher of the Year' in the Pearson National Teaching Awards. And for him and his team, the key to a great education is happy kids and happy staff. He says: 'By sourcing extra funding, like that from Tesco Stronger Starts, we've been able to achieve that – which I think is a necessity and not a luxury.' Valuable donations To help children return to school, Tesco Stronger Starts is donating 10p from selected products, which will provide direct funding for schools. Pick up items from brands such as Nivea, Aquafresh and Haliborange in-store between 21 July and 12 August and, with every purchase, 10p will be donated to the Stronger Starts fund, helping provide direct grants to schools in time for the new school year. Learn more here about how your donation, no matter how small, can make a huge difference.
Scotsman
15-07-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
New Tesco Express store opens in Edinburgh district
A brand-new, highly anticipated Tesco Express store has opened its doors. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Located in the Ocean Terminal shopping centre, Tesco Express opened its doors for the first time, with eager shoppers keen to take a look at the new store. The new store is open 7 days a week from 7am-10pm and has employed 20 staff to help serve shoppers, whether they are doing their weekly shop, buying lunch or picking up a snack. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Tesco Ocean Terminal Express features an InPost parcel service and national lottery machine, with a Costa Coffee machine being available from next week. The new store is located in the Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Leith. Dean Conway, store manager at Tesco Ocean Terminal Express, said: "We're thrilled to finally open our doors and serve the people of Edinburgh. Ocean Terminal shopping centre has been missing a main food retailer for years, despite facing onto the Royal Yacht Britannia which alone attracts 400,000 visitors each year, so it was a no brainer to open our new location here! Dean continued: "Our shelves feature a wide range of everyday essentials such as fresh produce, bakery treats, healthcare items, and of course, everyone's favourite meal deal. 'I'm proud to be leading a fantastic team in store and we are all looking forward to meeting our new customers over the coming weeks.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The store will also be part of the Tesco Stronger Starts grant scheme, which invites local schools and community groups to apply for funding that supports the health and wellbeing of children. The new store has employed 20 staff so far. The scheme sees three local projects voted on by customers in-store every three months, with first place awarded up to £1,500, second place up to £1,000, and third place up to £500.
Scottish Sun
30-04-2025
- General
- Scottish Sun
£10 course gets mums and dads cooking from scratch
MEAL DEAL £10 course gets mums and dads cooking from scratch Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IT'S the never-ending question in homes across the country – what should we have for dinner? Luckily, one children's charity in Canterbury, Kent, is more than happy to provide the answer. It offers families the chance to learn some tasty new recipes that the whole crew will love – and that won't break the bank. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 'We asked parents, like Ellie, what they would like to see us do,' says Ann Lamkin, the family support practitioner who runs the course with colleague Jo Horley at Canterbury and District Early Years Project. 2 The course gave mums including Ellie lots of ideas and some great recipes 'And one of them said: 'Oh, we just need some basic meals, some basic cookery. We're fed up with doing the same old, same old food.' 'So we put together a six-week course where we not only cook, we look at things like the importance of sitting around the table and eating together, or how to save time and money, like with batch cooking. 'Now they've got one extra or maybe five extra new things to add to their repertoire.' The course, helped off the ground with a £1,000 Tesco Stronger Starts grant, takes place three times a year. It's been a roaring success, with proud parents posting their dishes to the Facebook page. One person asked how to make pastry, which they then turned into cheese straws. 'These skills get lost over time,' says Ann. 'There is nothing wrong with convenience foods, but we want to show that actually cooking from scratch can be cheaper. 'You probably end up with three times as much. And parents tend to find that it's not actually as hard as they think it is.' Around 12 families attend each session. While parents cook, their children play in the free crèche. Costs are kept to a minimum, at just £10 for the whole course – ingredients included – and there's a free food bank. Healthy chicken nuggets rolled in cornflakes go down well, as does a moreish macaroni cheese using a homemade white sauce that can be the base of other dishes. 'We made a delicious bean and vegetable hotpot, which the children love,' says Ann. 'We asked our parents to guess the cost. It was just £2.30 for a family of four.' Ann's top tips? Have a ready-made pantry at home with basics like rice, pasta, mixed herbs, chilli and tinned tomatoes, shop with a weekly meal plan – and don't hit the aisles when you're hungry. 'We reckon over the three courses it's between 53 and 60 children benefiting from having a meal that's cooked by their parents.' Tesco Stronger Starts has awarded over £13million to almost 12,000 community projects, with grant recipients chosen by more than 330 million customer votes using blue tokens in stores across the UK. Applications for Cooking for All grants close on May 30. A Tesco Cooking for All grant supports children by providing food access and education on nutrition and cooking. To apply, visit
