Wigan St Patricks bags £1500.00 form Tesco’s Stronger Starts Scheme

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Wigan St Patricks will receive £1500.00 that it will use to purchase much needed equipment for their Junior section, allowing their team of dedicated coaches to build on the top quality sessions that they all currently deliver.

Wigan St Patricks has provided a fantastic rugby league experience both on and off the field to local children for a number of years.

Funding Manager Joe Charnock said “Funding opportunities such as these are vitally important in helping clubs such as ours ensure that our juniors get the best equipment possible, we are thankful to Tesco for this funding and it will make an enormous difference to our club”

To boost funds for extra food and activity equipment, Tesco is introducing a £5m grant programme, in partnership with Groundwork UK, to give children across the UK a stronger start in life. The grants will help 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 equipment for healthy activities.

Tesco’s Stronger Starts – previously Tesco Bags of Help and Tesco Community Grants – has already provided over £110 million to more than 60,000 projects across Britain.

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.”

Graham Duxbury, Groundwork’s UK Chief Executive, said: “As a community charity, we have seen first-hand how schools and other groups supporting young people have been playing a much bigger role in ensuring children are getting a healthy start to the day and getting access to spaces and services to support physical activity and mental health. Family budgets are tight and school budgets are tight, but it’s so important that children stay fed, fit and focused, so we’re delighted to be able to prioritise these activities alongside Tesco with the Stronger Starts programme.”

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. To find out more visit tescoplc.com/strongerstarts

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Issued by WIGAN ST PATRICKS ARLFC

For further information please contact:

CATHERINE TAYLOR
Chairperson

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