Original Beneficiary of Tesco's Bags of Help Funding Received Royal Visit

Her Majesty the Queen has this week officially opened Slessor Gardens which includes a project that was one of the first beneficiaries of Tesco's Bags of Help funding in Scotland.

Her Majesty visited the Garden in the city as part of the annual Holyrood Week of the official residence in Scotland. Part of the stunning grounds includes a garden created by Bonnie Dundee who were awarded £12,000 in the first round of the supermarket's flagship local grant scheme – which has so far given £11.7million to good causes and community groups across Britain. The Bags of Help fund comes from money raised by each government's 5p bag charge.

HM the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh met members of the team who delivered the project before unveiling a plaque to commemorate the official opening of Slessor Gardens.

Keith Davis, Store Manager of Dundee Kingsway store, was delighted by the visit. He said: "Bags of Help has been a fantastic success across Scotland, England and Wales. To have Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh see first-hand the benefits of the Bags of Help initiative is absolutely fantastic. Tesco colleagues and those directly involved in the project are thrilled with the visit."

Matt Davies, Tesco CEO, UK&ROI, thanked colleagues who were involved in the project: "It's great that so many colleagues in Dundee and across the country are getting behind the Bags of Help scheme – helping to put customers' donations towards local projects. This is one of the first projects to reach completion and I'm sure we'll see many thousands more in the months ahead across the whole of the country.

"What makes this special is that it's a project chosen by people working and living in the local community.

"Bags of Help only started last October across Scotland, England and Wales and our customers have already donated money to over 1100 projects and through the support of colleagues we hope help many thousands more in the future."

Find out more about the gardens here.