A SUPERMARKET is inviting shoppers to cast their votes to help community projects to mark its centenary.

Tesco, in Maldon, is joining a nationwide scheme which will see a £100,000 funding pot being split over two special ‘Bags of Help’ rounds.

Customers will cast their votes for shortlisted groups - Trust Links, Cardiac Risk in the Young and Cardiac Screening Clinics in East Anglia - using blue tokens handed out at checkouts.

Grants of £25,000, £15,000 and £10,000 are up for grabs.

Another voting round later in the year will see more projects share in the cash.

Tesco spokesman Alec Brown said: “In 2019, we are celebrating a century of delivering great value for our customers.

“What better way to celebrate this occasion than by using our flagship community grant scheme, Bags of Help to support even more groups and organisations who are helping to make a difference across Britain?

“We encourage our shoppers to register their votes while in store and help support projects delivering health and wellbeing benefits in their local area.”