Pupils well equipped for school as MP presents supermarket goodies  

A major supermarket chain celebrated another bumper year for the voucher collection initiative which has seen it provide millions of pounds worth of equipment to schools over a 19 year period. Toby Perkins, Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, was invited to present boxes of school resources to local primary school pupils last Friday at the Tesco Extra superstore on Lockoford Lane, Chesterfield, with teachers and parents hailing the scheme as a significant benefit to local schools. Since 1992 Tesco, through voucher collection promotions has provided UK schools with access to around 4 million free pieces of equipment worth £170 million.  Last year, 55 schools and clubs in the area collected a total of 430728 vouchers, with 45 of them ordering equipment worth £11755. After presenting the equipment Mr. Perkins said:- The voucher collection scheme run by Tesco’s has proved to...