Plastic bag scheme could improveaccess to Highwoods beauty spot

Shoppers can help open a new section of Bexhill's beautiful Highwoods to wheelchair-users and those with difficulty in walking.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Feb 2016, 06:51 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:27 BST

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Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help initiative across England and Wales.

The scheme will see three local community groups awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge.

The society has been short-listed for aid under the scheme

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Highwoods Preservation Society volunteers have worked since 1980 to care for Bexhill’s 87-acre beauty-spot and Site of Special Scientific Interest under a management agreement with Rother Council. The charity won an award in 1986 for its first access-for-all-path. This opened up a section of the Peartree Lane woodland near its largest pond.

Its second access-for-all path opened in 2013, earning the gratitude of many more nature-lovers.

Now the charity plans an extension to the original stone-surfaced path to give access to another section of woodland. This scheme will cost around £13,000.

Grant level depends on votes cast by Tesco shoppers at their stores at Ravenside, Battle Express and Little Common.

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Bags of Help offers community groups and projects in each of Tesco’s 390 regions across the UK a share of revenue generated from the 5p bag charge. The public have until March 6th to vote who should receive the £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 awards.

For more information go to www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp .

Society chairman John Heasman said: “Please help us allow those with disabilities to share in the joys of exploring our fascinating woodland by voting for us.”

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