At Tesco, community is key to our purpose. The ambition at the heart of our community work is to help children access healthy and nutritious food as part of their daily routine. By helping children and young people thrive we can ensure they build a solid foundation for life, making communities stronger too.

We want to spark curiosity, confidence and joy in eating well to shape healthier futures for all.

Tesco Stronger Starts invites schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people to apply for up to £1,500 for causes that improve access to healthy, nutritious food.

From enhancing school provision to supporting local community services, we welcome applications that use healthy food that supports physical and mental health of children and young people across the UK. This could include breakfast or holiday clubs, cooking or gardening initiatives, providing fruit or healthy snacks for a sports club or projects that build life skills, confidence and wellbeing.

Tesco colleagues help to select the projects that will be voted for in regions across the UK. Customers are then invited to vote, using a blue token, to select their preferred project – ensuring local communities can have their say in how funding is distributed to the three groups.

Community charity Groundwork manages this website and administers the funding across the UK. Groundwork is working with greenspace scotland to support successful projects in Scotland.