Tesco customer selects St Peter’s Catholic Secondary School to receive a £5,000 Golden Grant

Customers at Robin Hood Express were given the chance to take part in an in-store lucky dip at the start of September 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.

Stefanie Lakin, Deputy Director of Personal Development at St Peter’s Catholic Secondary 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 pupils’ experience at St Peter's Catholic Secondary School. It will give them the opportunity to experience outdoor learning and benefit from all the goodness nature has to offer.”

Tariq Ali, Store Manager at Robin Hood Express, said: “We are delighted to see St Peter’s Catholic Secondary 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. We hope to see the two remaining schools increase their votes between now and the end of voting. Thank you to all our customers who took part in the draw, and congratulations to St Peter’s Catholic Secondary School for winning this one-off £5,000 grant.”

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.”