Cast your vote for Sycamore Trust!
Sycamore Trust UK 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.
Sycamore Trust UK is one of the groups on the shortlist in Havering. Voting is open in all Tesco stores listed below from October 2025 until mid-January 2026. Customers will cast their vote using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop at any of the following Tesco stores
- Collier Row Superstore RM5 3NL
- Hornchurch Superstore RM12 5AF
- Rainham Extra RM13 9YZ
- Romford Express RM1 3BT
- Romford Roneo Extra RM11 1PY
- Romford Gallows Corner Extra RM3 0LL
- Upminster Express RM14 1XL
- Romford Marlborough Road Express RM7 8AB
- Ardleigh Hornchurch Express RM11 2LG
- Elm Park Romford Express RM12 4SB
- Hornchurch Butts Green Express RM11 2LD
- Rainham Express RM13 7QX
- Romford Fairview Express RM7 7HH
- South Street Romford Express RM1 1RX
- Romford Brentwood Road Express RM2 5TH
To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk
To vote, you will need to make a purchase of any value within store. You will receive one token per transaction. It is not necessary to purchase a carrier bag to receive a token.
Tesco’s Stronger Starts – previously known as Tesco Bags of Help and Tesco Community Grants - has already provided over £123 million to more than 69,000 projects across Britain. This £5m Stronger Starts grant programme, delivered in partnership with charity Groundwork, 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."
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.”
For more information, visit https://www.tescoplc.com/strongerstarts