Andrew Mitchell MP visited Tesco New Oscott Extra to support the Tesco Health Charity Partnership collection which is raising money for Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.

The campaign is one of the first in-store fundraisers since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic and Tesco has teamed up with these three national charities to raise vital funds for their work.

The event ran from 13th until 26th September and saw huge numbers of Tesco customers making a donation by rounding up the amount they spend in stores to the nearest £1 at all self-service checkouts as well as supporting in-person collections within the store.

The collection forms part of Tesco’s five-year partnership with these charities which was established in 2018.

Following his visit Andrew said:

“I would like to send my thanks to the team at Tesco New Oscott for all their hard work fundraising this month and to all the customers that so generously supported the campaign to raise money for these important charities. The pandemic has seen many fundraising campaigns put on hold so it was great to see Tesco resume their in store fundraising once again.”