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There are also a number of other exciting changes to the scheme. Bags of Help will now see the money raised by the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland opened up to a greater range of projects that support community participation in the development and use of open spaces.

The main changes to the programme are:

• The programme will be ‘Always On’ and 3 x projects will be available for customers to vote upon each month.
• The outcome of the programme is to support and promote community participation in the development and use of outdoor spacewhich can now include revenue activities on the space as well as capital works.
• There are no restrictions regarding match funding.
• Applicants will be asked to apply for up to £5,000 and the winning project from the public vote will receive the full amount they have applied for (maximum £5,000). The project that is placed 2nd will receive a maximum of £2,000 and the third will receive a maximum of £1,000

Projects that will now get the green light as a result of the funding will include volunteer training, physical improvements of open spaces, equipment purchases, community events and sports and leisure activities.

Following a public vote, three projects in each of the Tesco store cluster regions will receive a grant each month, with first place receiving up to £5K, second place up to £2K and third place up to £1K.

Even though Bags Of Help is now a rolling programme of approvals, I strongly advise, if you already have an identified project, that you apply as soon as possible.

Please spread this exciting news to as many groups as possible in your local communities, so that they too can think about applying. Apply by following this link and the online eligibility checker and full application form etc. are then accessed via the 'Community Groups' tab.:

http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme/pages/Category/apply-for-a-boh-grant-tes2

Please note:

Your local enabler is Karen Tozer from Groundwork, contact her on 07963028560

or email hull@groundwork.org.uk or Karen.Tozer@groundwork.org.uk