Thanks to Tesco’s Stronger Starts scheme, a York secondary school is to receive £1440 to buy new PE equipment which will be used to help improve students’ health, fitness and mental wellbeing.
Millthorpe School will use the grant to purchase much-needed new mats to use in PE lessons and after school clubs to support gymnastics, keep fit, yoga, dance and other activities to improve students’ health, fitness and mental wellbeing. The new equipment will also be available to community groups to use at evening and weekends.
Miss Sarah Watts, PE teacher and Head of Careers at Millthorpe said “This is absolutely brilliant news! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for our project by dropping their blue tokens in the box when they shopped at Tesco over the last few months. This grant will enable us to invest in new gym equipment so that we can offer fitness and wellbeing activities in a safe environment, and ultimately help to improve students’ wellbeing.”
To boost funds for extra food and activity equipment, Tesco is introducing a £5m grant programme, in partnership with Groundwork UK, to give children across the UK a stronger start in life. The grants will help schools and children’s groups provide nutritious food and healthy activities that support young people’s physical health and mental wellbeing, such as breakfast clubs or snacks, and equipment for healthy activities.
Tesco’s Stronger Starts – previously Tesco Bags of Help and Tesco Community Grants – has already provided over £115 million to more than 65,000 projects across Britain.
Claire de Silva, Tesco UK Head of Communities and Local Media, said: “Helping schools and children’s groups access the food and resources they need is vitally important in getting children a stronger start in life. Children with enough food have more energy, better concentration, and ultimately achieve more too.”
Graham Duxbury, Groundwork’s UK Chief Executive, said: “As a community charity, we have seen first-hand how schools and other groups supporting young people have been playing a much bigger role in ensuring children are getting a healthy start to the day and getting access to spaces and services to support physical activity and mental health. Family budgets are tight and school budgets are tight, but it’s so important that children stay fed, fit and focused, so we’re delighted to be able to prioritise these activities alongside Tesco with the Stronger Starts programme.”
Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. To find out more visit tescoplc.com/strongerstarts
6 May 2025
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