Gateway Project has been selected for inclusion in Tesco's Community Fund to support local charities and good causes.
For the next six weeks Gateway Project will be in the running along with two other important community groups St Mary's Day Care for the Elderly and the Rathmines Women's Refuge to receive funds via the Tesco Community Fund for good causes.
The fund was just launched on Monday 17th July 2014 and has set aside a million euro towards the funding of local community groups and charities. You can read more about it here Irish Examiner Tesco launch Community Fund.
The way the scheme will work is that each store nominates three local good causes worthy of financial support for customers to vote on (customers can nominate through an application form here). Votes come in the form of tokens that are given out to customers at the check out when shopping. Customers give their tokens to the charity or charities of their choice over a six week period. At the end of the six weeks, the money is divided according to the votes of customers. For smaller branches like Tesco in Rathmines (our branch), the total amount available is €500. So at the start of September, depending on how customers vote over the coming six weeks, Gateway Project will receive a Community Fund cheque from our local supermarket.
So please help to spread the word and make sure you ask for tokens to vote. The voting stand is just behind the self service check outs and looks like this: Happy Voting!
