Summary: The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £1,000 and £4,000. The funding goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and disabled people (both adults and children), living in the local communities around Tesco stores in the UK.
Funding themes (areas of interest): There are two categories of Community Awards:
Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's education (including special needs schools)
Grants to support elderly people and/or disabled people (children and adults)
Projects they have 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
Befriending schemes
Luncheon clubs / youth clubs
Specialist equipment for disabled people
Day trips / social trips - for elderly / disabled people.
Grant size available: One-off donations of between £1,000 and £4,000.
Types of cost funded: Revenue and capital costs.
Types of organisation that can be funded: Not-for-profit organisations (you do not have to be a registered charity).
Geographical areas that can be funded: UK, in areas near to Tesco stores (so that's everywhere, then)
How to apply: Applications should be made online via this website
Deadline: For the children's welfare and/or children's education category, you should submit applications between 1 December and 31 January, or between 1 May and 30 June each year. For the elderly and/or disabled category, you should apply between 1 February and 31 March, or between 1 August and 30 September each year.
Key exclusions (what can't be funded):
Salaries
Fundraising events or challenges
Conferences of seminars
Grants to individuals, including students
Activities which collect funds for redistribution to other charities or individuals
Purchase of land or buildings
Refurbishment to fabric of buildings, including lift installations
Overseas appeals
Expeditions or overseas travel
Promotion of religion
Sponsorship and marketing promotions
Endowment funds.
Sources of more
information:
Tesco Charity Trust
website
Direct link to Trust
guidelines (pdf)
Online application
form (and pdf of the
questions)
Charity Commission register
entry
Contact details:
Tesco
Charity Trust
PO
Box 980
Canterbury
CT1 9DX
Telephone: 0845 612
3575
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