Grant scheme aims to get school kids off to a brighter start

GRASSROOTS projects don’t run on thin air – not usually anyway.

In September, Daf Roberts, a coach with North Wales junior football club Bangor Saints FC, raised money for his team by strapping himself to the wing of a stunt plane.

The year before he took part in a tandem parachute jump.

“I’m up for anything if it helps, but I’ve been told to calm down a bit this year,” he admits.

Volunteers do extraordinary things to support the causes close to their heart, but help is available from other sources too.

Since 2016, the supermarket has run schemes like Bags for Help and Tesco Community Grants to give over £100million in funding to more than 50,000 community projects.