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Inverurie's BECS Inclusive Play Centre in the running for funding boost


By Kyle Ritchie

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Because Everyone Counts (BECS) Inclusive Play Centre in Inverurie is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Community Grants initiative.

Tesco works with the charity Groundwork to run its community funding scheme, which sees grants of up to £1500, £1000 and £500 awarded to local community projects.

Greenspace Scotland is working with Groundwork to provide support to communities in Scotland.

Because Everyone Counts Inclusive Play Centre is bidding for a funding boost.
Because Everyone Counts Inclusive Play Centre is bidding for a funding boost.

Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive the cash aware and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top grant.

BECS Inclusive Play Centre is one of the groups on the shortlist for the Inverurie store.

The centre is to hold opportunities for the community to come together through storytelling and singing which will be adapted through the world of Makaton, being inclusive to all.

BECS is the first inclusive play centre in Scotland. It has created an activity centre based on the ethos of including and supporting families using specialist play equipment to provide a safe facility for children through which the whole family benefits.

The playworkers provide practical advice or strategies to empower individuals and families to engage in child lead play.

It assists with integrating ASN children and young people into the community as inclusion is its primary focus; abilities is not its focus. Its ethos is play should not be defined by ability.

Voting is open in all Tesco stores in July, August and September and customers will cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out each time they shop.

Tesco’s Community Grants scheme has already awarded more than £96 million to more than 46,000 projects across Britain.

Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups every time they shop. Every three months, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco’s regions will be awarded funding.

Megan Linklater, head of fundraising for BECS, said: “We are delighted to be one of the shortlisted groups for our local Tesco store.

"Having been closed for more than 15 months due to Covid-19, community grant programmes like this are crucial to the survival of BECS.”


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