
Communities
Every time Tesco shoppers take a blue token to vote in store for a good cause, they are helping to make something good happen. Projects with the most tokens get the most funding from our community grants, which have awarded over £93m to more than 46,000 community projects since they were launched in October 2015. Groups supported by the scheme are helping to fight holiday hunger, tackle mental health, support young people, host community events and much more.
Application
Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply.
Shortlisting
Tesco colleagues choose which of the eligible applications they would like to see go through to in-store voting.
Customer voting
Customers choose which project they'd like to see funded, by voting with a blue token each time they shop.
Funding awarded
Projects are awarded grants of £1,500, £1,000 and £500.
Apply for funding or find out how we've supported your community
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Kingskerswell C of E Primary School in Devon received £1,000, which was used to give pupils a wider choice of books to enjoy in the school library. The donation for books was a perfect fit with the school's ethos: "providing a creative and inspiring curriculum that offers plenty of opportunity for challenge and success".
Since 2014, the Community Fund initiative in Ireland has donated over €6m to support over 21,000 local community based projects countrywide including schools, animal shelters, sports groups, elderly care centres, health organisations and many more.
In Central Europe, customers can vote for community projects to receive a grant from Tesco through the "You Choose, We Help" programme. Since 2016, our customers cast almost 80 million votes to choose their favourite project. Since the programme began, over 5,400 groups across Central Europe have benefitted from the programme.
Use this map to explore the thousands of projects we've funded since 2016