TWO community projects in Holyhead have scooped grants from a special coastal voting round of a supermarket scheme

Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme saw shoppers voting at Tesco stores in Holyhead.

They bid for the RNLI to receive £4,000 for its lifeboat project, which is one of three oldest lifeboat stations on the Welsh coast.

The funding will go towards lifesaving training for crew members which costs over £38,000 per year.

Another organisation, River And Sea Sense, was awarded £2,000 for its Waterwise Lifesaving Workshops.

Funding was put towards training events in schools, as well as outdoor activities for young people and adults.

Shoppers in Holyhead cast their votes using blue tokens handed out at checkouts as part of the special voting round which covered 42 seaside towns across the UK.

More than 100 projects working to improve Britain’s coastline shared the combined funding pot worth £300,000.

Bags of Help, run in partnership with the charity Groundwork, sees funding awarded to thousands of local community projects every year.

"To date £80m has been awarded through the scheme, with more than £5m awarded to projects in Wales.

David Page, Tesco’s Head of Community, said: “Bags of Help has been a huge success since we introduced the scheme and we are glad to be able to support these great coastal projects in Anglesey in this special voting round.

“We saw a fantastic mix of projects shortlisted and I’d like to thank customers for casting their votes for projects that will have a positive impact within their community.”

The scheme is ran in partnership with community charity Groundwork. Groundwork’s National Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said: “Bags of Help continues to enable local communities up and down Britain to improve their local spaces and the places that matter to them.

"We’re pleased to be able to be a part of the journey and provide support and encouragement to groups enjoying, protecting and improving Britain’s coastlines.”