DORSET Tesco customers taking part in a new campaign to provide meals to children living in food insecurity have enabled thousands of meals to be donated.
Over the past three weeks, Tesco stores in Dorset have given a donation for every vegetable and piece of fruit across all its stores as part of its Buy One to Help a Child scheme - providing food that FareShare will redistribute to children’s charities.
FareShare supports frontline charities and community groups working with children – from summer holiday and breakfast clubs to community kitchens and groups that supply food parcels to those facing food insecurity.
The warm summer weather saw bumper purchases of strawberries, cucumbers and bananas, allowing Tesco to exceed its target of providing 3 million meals’ worth of food to help charities and community groups across the country.
FareShare CEO Lindsay Boswell CBE said the food will make a real difference to frontline charities working with children, and thanked Tesco customers for their support.
He said: “During the summer months, many families can struggle without the safety net of free school meals. With so many more people facing tough circumstances as a result of the pandemic, this food is needed more than ever."
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