Tesco customer selects Beaufort Primary School to receive a £5,000 Golden Grant
Beaufort Primary School is celebrating after being selected by a Tesco customer to receive a £5,000 Golden Grant at the start of the new academic year.
Customers at Woking Guildford Road Express were given the chance to take part in a lucky dip to find a golden version of Tesco’s famous blue voting token and use it to award a grant to one of three local schools in the retailer’s Stronger Starts voting round.
Hannah Piper, deputy head at Beaufort Primary School, said: “We are so grateful to Tesco and their customers for this generous grant. The creation of an all-weather Daily Mile running track will really add more interest to the Daily Mile. Also, the children will be running on a much more suitable surface, especially in the winter.”
107 Tesco stores, specially selected for their work helping their local community, took part in the Golden Grants event on Saturday September 6, with over £500,000 in total being awarded to local schools.
Store manager Scott Waddell said: “We are delighted to see Beaufort Primary School awarded £5,000 through our Stronger Starts Golden Grants draw.
“The event was a great opportunity for our customers to learn more about the three local schools in the Stronger Starts voting round and we hope to see the two remaining schools increase their vote between now and the end of voting. Thank you to all our customers who took part in the draw, and congratulations to Beaufort Primary School for winning this one off £5,000 grant.”
Claire De Silva, Head of Communities at Tesco said: “We are incredibly proud to award Golden Grants to over one hundred schools, supporting the vital work they do for our children and communities. Since we launched our grants programme in 2016, more than £120 million has been given to more than 67,000 local schools and community groups.”