Kidington Bowls Club bags £1000 from Tesco’s community grant scheme

Kidlington Bowls Club will receive £1000 that it will use to ensure that people with disabilities, including those in wheelchairs have access to play this inclusive sport.

Kidlington Bowls club have pledged to enable “Bowlers with a Disability” to engage and re-engage in the sport of bowls. The Club has worked to improve access to the green and facilities but a taster session run in conjunction with ‘Disability Bowls England’ identified that the club lacked a range of adapted bowling aids including a specialist wheelchair, to allow individuals with mobility issues to participate on a regular basis in the sport.

Maureen Cox, Chairperson of the Club, said: “For a small club, being able to offer facilities to include those in the community who are less mobile and enable them to play bowls, is very important.”

Claire de Silva, Tesco’s Head of Community, said: “Tesco Community Grants help support local good causes like Kidlington Bowls Club and especially those projects supporting greater participation in sport, and local causes close to our colleagues’ hearts.”

Tesco Community Grants is run in partnership with community focused charity Groundwork, who has awarded grants to thousands of local community projects every year.

Tesco’s Community Grants scheme – previously Tesco Bags of Help - has already provided over £90 million to more than 40,000 projects across Britain.

Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “Tesco Community Grants continues to give local projects the boost they need to help their communities thrive. We are pleased to have been able to help so many local good causes over the years and look forward to seeing what community organisations can achieve in the future
with the right resources.”

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities. To find out more visit www.tesco.com/communitygrants.