Grants for Schools – Tesco’s Bags of Help Grant
Tescos are currently offering a grant which schools are eligible to apply for and is a funding scheme which is giving grants of £8 – £12,000 for projects which improve green spaces in communities. These may include building new pocket parks, sports facilities, woodland walks, community gardens and school playgrounds.
Basically they want to fund schemes which will get people out and about and enjoying the great outdoors more, by making physical improvements to open spaces. School playgrounds fall therefore within their funding remits.
Outcomes Tesco wishes to achieve:
Projects must lead to: Physical Improvement of an Open Space
Plus at least one (and as many as possible) of the following outcomes:
- Protecting or improving biodiversity
- Promoting physical activity
- Improving wellbeing
- Increasing community safety
- Mitigating or adapting to climate change
- Improving access to open spaces by under-represented groups
They value any volunteering opportunities created by the project and are interested to know how the scheme will be promoted in the community. The scheme has to benefit the wider local community and not just be for the exclusive use of the school.
Things Tesco want applicants to provide: Organisational constitution, photograph of site as it is now, landowner permission form (this is downloadable, and is just signed off by the landowner).
Tesco look like they want to fund the projects mostly themselves. Match funding can be up to £4000. This means that a total project could cost up to £12,000 – 16,000. But no more.
Decisions on grants will be made at the beginning of September, and paid in Mid-November.
This is a great opportunity to get some funding towards this type of project. Approx. 1 in 4 applicants received a grant in the last open window.
How it works is that the applicant has to say how they would spend £8000, £10000, or £12000 to improve their local space. If the project is successful, then it goes into a Tesco store and customer’s votes decides which amount (of those three) it gets.
Information you’ve got to provide includes project information, pictures of the condition of the area currently and information on local community support.
The deadline for applications is June 3rd!
At the Hideout House Company, this is an area we specialise in as we are able to supply products for schools which meet and fulfill the criteria and outcomes of this particular grant.
For further information on our products please visit www.hideouthouse.com and if you would also like further information on this grant and how we can help, please contact us on 01865 858982 or send an email to info@hideouthouse.com