Wednesday 26th January 2011
A Primary School in Chesterfield is celebrating after being awarded £800 by a Supermarket Charity Trust.
Tesco donates thousands of pounds of cash every year to local good causes from their Community Budget that is managed in-store by their Community Champions. The store on Lockoford Lane yesterday presented a cheque to Heath Primary School to help with their Children's University project.
(l-r) Melissa Grafton, Samara Vaughan, Carrie Price and Ryan Vaughan receive the cheque on behalf of Heath Primary School from Tesco Store Manager, Michael Cooke
Headteacher Mrs Kim Neville and a group of Y5 and Y6 children, along with Children's University Co-ordinator Rebecca Wilkinson visited the store to pick up the cheque from Store Manager Michael Cooke (pictured above).
Mrs Neville told The Chesterfield Post that the money would be very much appreciated by the school, saying, "It means that we can provide extra curricular activities after school and lunchtime so the kids can benefit from a broad curriculum."
Rebecca Wilkinson is Gifted and Talented Co Ordinator at Springwell School and also leads the Children's University Project in the area.
She told us the cash would help to fund the school's involvement with the Children's University programme and explained what children do as part of the scheme, "Children gain credits by doing extra things at school, both in and out of school at accredited venues, working toward earning a place at a Graduation Ceremony at the end of the year."
Finances are tight, particularly in these difficult financial times, and the project relies heavily on unsung heroes, with Rebecca telling us, "We rely on volunteers and people's good nature so these amounts of cash make a huge difference to us to help us to buy resources for our clubs."
Michael Cooke is Tesco's Store Manager and he is committed to helping the community around the store, "It's vital that we give something back - we have 650 employees in this store alone, most of them live locally, near the shop.
"Business is tight for everyone, but we have a certain amount of cash to donate to good causes, every penny we spend is vital. It's nice to be able to give it and help projects in the community."
Some of the money for the fund comes from fundraising events that are held around the store during the year.
Jackie Boland is Lockoford Lane's Community Champion and is working hard on several events which are still in the planning stages.
However, she did reveal that a 60's or 70's event is planned ... so be prepared to dig out that wig in a good cause!
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