[WiLT] Tesco Charity Trust - children's welfare 31st Jan - elderly & disability 1st Feb

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Tesco Charity Trust

The Tesco Charity Trust has been in existence since 1987 and supports
local charities and not-for-profit organisations, and also gives a 20%
top-up to monies raised by Tesco employees for charity.  To find the
other ways Tesco supports local communities, please visit their
Website http://www.tesco.com/charitiesandfundraising

Community Awards Scheme criteria:

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off
donations of between £1,000 and £4,000.  The funding they give goes
towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources
for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults
and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around
their stores in the UK.

Applications can be made via their Website:
http://www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk

There are two categories of Community Awards:

1. Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's educations
(including special needs schools)

2 Grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children with
disabilities

There are two rounds of funding every year for each category, please
see the timescales below.

Grants for children's education and children's welfare Applications
can be made:
between 1st December & 31st January: Decisions are made in April. OR
between 1st May & 30th June. Decisions are made in September.

Grants for elderly people and adults and children with disabilities -
Applications can be made
between 1st February  & 31st March. Decisions are made in June. OR
between 1st August & 30th September. Decisions are made in December.

Please note charities can only make one application each year.

Decisions are made by the Tesco Charity Trustees in conjunction with
the regional Community Co-ordinators who are based across the UK.

There is a lot of competition for the Community Awards and
unfortunately this means that many good applications that meet their
criteria will have to be refused.

Contact Details:
Add: Tesco Charity Trust, New Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt,
Herts, EN8 9SL
Tel: 01992 646768
Web: http://www.tescocorporate.com/charitiesandfundraising.htm