Fishersgate Residents Association will receive £10,000 towards improving green space, through the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.

 

The supermarket teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help initiative, in aid of environmental projects. Successful nominations were put to public vote at local Tesco stores to determine the amount of funding they will receive.

 

The project to improve outdoor green areas in Fishersgate came second and will now benefit from the grant, which has been raised from the 5p bag levy.

 

Cllr David Simmons, Executive Member for Health & Wellbeing at Adur District Council, commented:

"This is welcomed news, and reflects the enormous amount of work that local residents have been putting in to improve their local area. While Adur District Council have been supporting local organisations through the 'Action Eastbrook Partnership' for some time, the community members involved are to be congratulated on their success. This adds to their other successes which include raising funds for the recreation ground through the 'Friends of Fishersgate Rec.' and the Fishersgate Voice Newspaper.  Well done Fishersgate!"

 

Voting ran in store from 27 February until 6 March – with customers choosing which group they’d like to get the top award using a token given to them at the check-out in store.

 

Caroline Silke, Head of Community at Tesco, said: “Bags of Help has been a fantastic success. We have been overwhelmed by the response of our customers and the feedback has been brilliant. We can’t wait to see the money being put to use bringing these projects to life.”

 

Groundwork’s national chief executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “We have been delighted to have been involved in the Bags of Help project. It has been wonderful to follow the projects through the application process to the final announcement.

 

“This initiative is really putting something back into the local environment, transforming green spaces and helping the community at a grass-roots level.”