Swansea shoppers select Cancer UK for Tesco’s Golden Grant

A Tesco shopper showed they had a heart of gold when they voted for Cancer Support UK to receive £5,000 to help Swansea’s children.

Last Saturday, customers in Swansea were given the chance to take part in a lucky dip to find a specially created gold version of Tesco’s iconic blue voting token.

Cancer Support UK was one of three local charities that shoppers could vote for to receive the £5,000 Golden Grant as part of Tesco’s Stronger Starts scheme.

When the gold token was found, red, silver and blue confetti rained down and the customer with the Midas touch selected Cancer Support UK so that it could use the funds to continue supporting young people’s health and wellbeing.

Mrs. Emma Kennedy-Cox, Trust Fundraising manager at Cancer Support UK, said: “We are so grateful to Tesco and the customer for choosing us to receive this generous grant. It will make such a difference to so many children’s lives in and around Swansea.

“The formative years in any person’s life are so important, and we will now get to work in using this money to help local children get as good a start in life as we can give them.”

One hundred Tesco stores across the country took part in the Golden Grants initiative on Saturday, with £500,000 being donated to good causes that help children and young people.

Golden Grants are awarded twice a year as part of the £5million Stronger Starts grant-giveaway programme in partnership with the charity Groundwork UK.

The grants 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, as well as purchasing equipment for healthy activities.

Catherine Hill, manager at Tesco Extra, Swansea Llansamlet, said: “Our Golden Grants event was a really fun occasion, with colleagues and customers really keen to get involved and be a part of choosing which local good cause received the £5,000 grant.

“I’d like to say a big congratulations to Cancer Support UK and, we hope the funding will help them to make a difference to many young lives within our community.”