Isle of Wight shoppers can choose to round up their shop to the nearest £1 at self-service tills to help support an in-store fundraising campaign for 3 of the UK’s leading health charities.
Last year Tesco’s ‘Helping you to live healthier’ campaign raised more than £1million to help Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK continue their vital work to improve and save lives.
In addition to the funds being raised between 12th September and 2nd October, the campaign aims to increase awareness about the importance of making sustainable lifestyle changes that can help people to lower the impact of cancer, heart and circulatory diseases, and diabetes.
Trusted health information and advice will be shared with Isle of Wight Tesco customers to empower them to take small steps to help improve their health.
Oonagh Turnbull, Head of Health Campaigns at Tesco, thanked Tesco shoppers for their support, which will make a significant difference to many people’s lives.
She added:
“The funds raised will continue to support the health of UK communities at such a critical time. Our health charity partners rely on donations to continue their awareness, prevention and research work.”
The campaign is part of the Health Charity Partnership between Tesco, Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. It is an ongoing initiative aimed at inspiring and supporting Tesco colleagues, customers and their families to make healthier food choices and live healthier lives.
Cancer Research UK chief executive Michelle Mitchell, speaking on behalf of the Health Charity Partnership, said:
“We’d like to thank everyone who supports the important work we all do through this campaign, and we’re grateful for the generosity of shoppers up and down the country.
“Campaigns like ‘Helping you to live healthier’ are a great way to raise money, and to encourage people to make healthier choices that lead to healthier lifestyles. Every penny raised matters, and we don’t take a single donation for granted.”
Further information is available at https://www.tescoplc.com/sustainability/taking-action/community/charity-partnerships/
Would be better if Tesco match funded it. It’s not like they can’t afford it!
Sorry but charity begins at home.
I have been giving to charities for years.
Recently I had to make a call to a charity to help an animal I found
Poorly in the garden and the RSPCA did not want to know.
That done it for me, charities are good for taking but not giving anything in return.
How about Tesco round the Bills down so it will go towards our increased
Energy bills.
Every little helps
If Tesco feel so strongly about peoples health and feel the need to educate the uneducated masses, put your money where your mouth is and stop selling the s**t that is bad for us.
Whilst lowering the prices of all the healthy stuff that YOU think is healthy.
You can’t have your cake and eat it.
Dont p**s on our back and tell us it is raining !
I wonder if tesco gets tax cuts for this charitable work. Instead of just doing it themselves they’re trying to look good off the backs of a cash strapped population. Watch next year tesco say that donated x amount to families starving, when in reality it was those who suffer funding their charity. This way it does not eat into their profits while giving the impression they care. Smart marketing, but we see through you tesco.