Tesco Community Champion John Bailey and ManHealth s Paul Bannister A TESCO store has donated thousands to local charities and causes to help them recover from the Covid pandemic. The Bag Of Help scheme runs across all Tesco stores, each store has three local charities and cause that money will go to. The amount of money is decided on how many in store votes the cause received from customers. Due to Covid no voting has been allowed in the Bishop Auckland store so a panel has been meeting up and awarding £1,000 to groups who have applied, and the latest three groups received their funding.
Gillian Clarkson and Tesco Community Champion John Bailey A COUPLE have decided to embark on a virtual journey to raise money for their friends and loved ones. Gillian Clarkson, who works in the pharmacy at Tesco Bishop Auckland, and husband Alan are taking part in a virtual walk from Shildon to Alvor in Portugal. They have been fundraising over the past few weeks and have now completed over 600 miles. They were helped with a raffle and a further donation of £100 from their store colleagues. Mrs Clarkson said: “Myself and Alan have lost five very good friends during this pandemic and we wanted to do something in their memory.