Paul Sartori Hospice at Home, a local charity providing home end-of-life care and support services is calling on Tesco customers in Haverfordwest to help its bid for a Stronger Starts cash boost.

Stronger Starts provides grant awards of up to £1,500 to local community projects. Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive grant awards and Tesco customers can vote for the group they think should take away the top award in their local Tesco store.

Paul Sartori Hospice at Home is one of the groups on the shortlist in Haverfordwest and Goodwick. The charity applied to enable them to purchase additional equipment items to continue its free, vital home care services for end-of-life patients and their families in the community.

“Every year the number of equipment items loaned in our community increases,” highlighted Pat Coombs, Clinical & Equipment Coordinator at Paul Sartori, adding “This Tesco scheme is a great way of local people supporting the growing need and our services in our county.”

Voting is open in all Tesco stores from October to Mid-January 2025. Customers will cast their vote using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop.

Tesco’s Stronger Starts – previously known as Tesco Community Grants - has already provided over £110 million to more than 60,000 projects across Britain.

This £5m Stronger Starts grant programme, delivered in partnership with Groundwork UK, helps mainly schools and children’s groups provide nutritious food and healthy activities that support young people’s physical health and mental wellbeing, such as breakfast clubs or snacks, and sports equipment for after school clubs.

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities, particularly those helping to provide food and giving children the support they need for a good start in life.

Anyone can nominate a project and organisations can apply online. To find out more visit tescoplc.com/strongerstarts.

The Paul Sartori Hospice at Home Service provides a range of services to Pembrokeshire people living in the final stages of a life limiting illness, including home nursing care, equipment loan, complementary therapy, bereavement and counselling support, clinical nurse specialist in palliative care, physiotherapy, advance care planning and training. Services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, thanks to the kind generosity of the Pembrokeshire Community. Further information on the charity and its services can be obtained by visiting their website www.paulsartori.org, or by phoning 01437 763223.