Parents and teachers of children with autism ask for your vote at the local supermarket
Reporter : Judith Grinter
Friends of Bright Futures School (FBFS) is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. This is when you are given a token at the checkout and asked to vote with it by popping it in a box as you leave the store.
Friends of Bright Futures School (FBFS) is the school’s parent/teacher association of Bright Futures School for children with autism in Grasscroft. The aim of the Association is to advance the education of pupils in the school in particular by developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school and engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment, which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.
Funding will pay for our autistic pupils to take part in a range of outdoor learning and physical activities including: mountain biking, bushcraft, horse-riding, water-based activities, archery, gym, circuit training, trampolining and nature education.
Ros Hayes, Chair of FBFS, told Saddleworth News: “Due to their autism, our students often can’t access mainstream activities and so miss out on these
types of opportunities. We are really excited to be able to offer such a varied programme that will enable them to learn as well as to have fun together.”
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from
carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects.
Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top grant and Friends of Bright Futures School is one of the groups on the shortlist.
Voting is open in all Tesco stores throughout November and December 2017. Customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop.
Tesco’s Bags of Help project has already delivered over £36 million to nearly 8,000 projects up and down the UK. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups every time they shop. Every other month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of the Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.
Alec Brown, Head of Community at Tesco, told Saddleworth News “We are absolutely delighted to open the voting for November and December. There are some fantastic projects on the shortlists and we can’t wait to see these come to life in hundreds of communities.”
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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