Last autumn, we were awarded a Tesco Community Grant to help us grow our own fresh fruit and vegetables.
Antrim Foodbank Project Manager, Fionnuala O’Donnell, said:
For Antrim Foodbank, this will allow us to provide extra help to those attending the food bank and encourage families to eat more fruit and vegetables, impacting their overall health and well-being.
Thank you to our friends at the Oasis Antrim Mens’ Group, we now have raised beds at Antrim Foodbank – Muckamore to sow the seeds.
Claire de Silva, Tesco’s Head of Community, said:
Tesco Community Grants help support local good causes like Antrim Foodbank and especially those projects supporting young people, those providing food, and local causes close to our colleagues’ hearts.
Tesco Community Grants are run in partnership with community-focused charity Groundwork, which has awarded grants to thousands of local community projects every year.
Tesco’s Community Grants scheme – previously Tesco Bags of Help – has already provided over £90 million to more than 40,000 projects across the UK.
Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said:
Tesco Community Grants continues to give local projects the boost they need to help their communities thrive. We are pleased to have been able to help so many local good causes over the years and look forward to seeing what community organisations can achieve in the future with the right resources.
