Four schools in East London are 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 Green Gate Barking Road Express, Leyton Express, London St Katharine Express, and Poplar High Street 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.
Lathom Junior School, Stoneydown Park Primary School, Hague Primary School, and Mayflower Primary School won a total of £20,000 between them.
Alison Goodliffe, Headteacher at Hague Primary School, said: “We are so grateful to Tesco and their customers for choosing us to receive this generous grant. It will make such a difference to our children’s experience at Hague Primary School. Children’s wellbeing has such an impact on their capacity to learn and thrive, and we will now get to work in using this grant to help our children get as good a start in life as we can give them.”
Store manager at Green Gate Barking Road Express, Sma Siddikee, said, “We are delighted to see Lathom Junior School and the other schools in the area 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 Lathom Junior School for winning this one off £5,000 grant from our voting pool.”
Amena Begum, School Business Manager at Mayflower Primary School, said: “We’re incredibly thankful to Tesco and everyone who supported us through this scheme. This grant will allow us to enhance our school environment and provide even more enriching opportunities for our pupils. It’s a real boost to our efforts in giving every child the best possible foundation for their future.”
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.
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.”
