CHILDREN’S charity Dangerpoint are bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.

Tesco works with Groundwork to run its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £2,000, £1,000 and £500 awarded to local community projects.

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

Dangerpoint, based in Talacre, is one of the groups on the shortlist in the Flint and Holywell branches of Tesco.

The local children’s charity run educational guided tours around its unique and innovative safety education centre.

The centre is set out like one big interactive village, complete with a home, road, shop, train and beach scenario.

It’s a completely immersive experience where children learn lifelong skills by experiencing risky situations in a safe, purpose-built environment.

Dangerpoint welcomes up to 300 children every week from schools and other groups across North Wales and is also open to the public during school holidays

Julie Evans, centre manager said; “As a charity, we aim to keep the cost of our programmes low to ensure all children have equal access to this unique educational experience regardless of their circumstance.

“To date we have educated over 95,000 children since opening in 2005, with the help of community initiatives like this we can continue to keep children safe for generations to come.”

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

Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme has already provided over £80 million to more than 27,000 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.

David Page, head of community at Tesco, said: “Bags of Help contributes funds to community projects up and down the country and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response from customers voting in their local stores.

"We’re looking forward to seeing more projects brought to life.”

Groundwork’s National chief executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “Bags of Help continues to enable local communities up and down Britain to improve the local spaces and places that matter to them.

"The diversity of projects that are being funded shows that local communities have a passion to create something great in their area.

"We are pleased to be able to be a part of the journey and provide support and encouragement to help local communities thrive.”

Funding is available to community groups and charities looking to fund local projects that bring benefits to communities.

Anyone can nominate a project and organisations can apply online. To find out more visit www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp