A PRIMARY school in our area is bidding for a cash boost from a well-known supermarket charity scheme. 

Meysey Hampton C of E Primary is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme.

Stronger Starts provides grant awards of up to £1,500 to local community projects, with a particular focus on children and young people.

Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive grant awards and Tesco customers can vote for the group they think should take away the top award in their local Tesco store.

Meysey Hampton Primary is one of the groups on the shortlist in Swindon/North East Wiltshire area.

(Image: UGC) A school spokesperson said: "Our Garden Growers Project focuses on improving the physical and mental health and wellbeing of their school community through engagement in outdoor learning, gardening and environmental activities.

"As a small school, we have made a small start but need our wider community’s support to enable the project to flourish.

"Our project’s themes include, education about, plant growing (agriculture), food production and distribution, physically improving an outdoor space, promoting the benefits of time spent outdoors, learning about the natural world and how we can positively impact the places in which we work and play.

"It also supports children and the wider school community to actively collaborate by undertaking physical work together in nature.

"There is a ‘from garden to table’ legacy as a result of the growing project and extended opportunity to use/cook produce and share food."

Voting is open in all Tesco stores from July to August.

Customers will cast their vote using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop. Tesco’s Stronger Starts – previously known as Tesco Community Grants - has already provided over £133 and over 65,000 projects across Britain.

This £5m Stronger Starts grant programme, delivered in partnership with Groundwork UK, helps schools and children’s groups provide nutritious food and healthy activities that support young people’s physical health and mental wellbeing, such as breakfast clubs or snacks, and sports equipment for after school clubs.

Claire de Silva, Tesco UK head of communities and local media, said: “Helping schools and children’s groups access the food and resources they need is vitally important in getting children a stronger start in life.

"Children with enough food have more energy, better concentration, and ultimately achieve more too."