Every little helps – and a community group in Weymouth is thankful after getting a £1,000 boost thanks to a supermarket's scheme.

The Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens have bagged £1,000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme which will fund a sensory garden.

Bags of Help is run in partnership with environmental charity Groundwork, and sees grants awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Since launching in 2015, it has provided more than £67 million to over 21,000 local community projects.

Millions of shoppers have voted in stores up and down the country and it can now be revealed Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens has been awarded £1,000.

Work will soon begin on bringing the project to life.

A spokesman from the Friends said: "Our aim is to work in conjunction with tutors and students from Kingston Maurward College to design and build a sensory garden that will be an enclosed safe sensory space suitable for people of all ages and abilities to use.

"It will also enclose a series of raised beds that various groups will be able to take ownership of and care for, enabling those who might not be physically or mentally able to work alone enjoy the outdoors as a group.

"The Friends group are delighted to be able to add this award to their fund and would like to heartily thank everyone who voted for them in their local stores."

Voting ran in stores throughout November and December 2018 with customers choosing which local project they would like to get the top award using a token given to them at the checkout.

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

Alec Brown, Tesco’s Head of Community, 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.”