I WOULD like to extend a warm thank you to Tesco customers and colleagues from the South West for their dedicated efforts to raise funds for Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to date.

Since the National Charity Partnership between the two charities and Tesco launched in January 2015, customer donations, along with store colleagues’ fundraising, have contributed £7.14 million to the £10 million raised for the partnership to date. This includes £568,000 raised by customers and colleagues at Tesco stores in the South West.

Thanks to the tireless fundraising efforts of Tesco colleagues and customers the partnership will bring free healthy food and physical activity projects to Torbay in the South West throughout 2016 and 2017.

The ongoing commitment shown by Tesco colleagues in the South West to fundraise for this cause is truly inspiring. The next major fundraiser, a football-inspired event, will take place in stores nationwide from June 3 to 5.

Susan Turnock

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