SHOPPERS in Penarth are being urged to vote for their favourite community project to receive a grant of up to £12,000.

Tesco's Bag of Help scheme is offering grants of £12,000, £10,000 or £8,000 to three community projects in the local area.

The supermarket has teamed up with Groundwork for the initiative, which sees money raised from the 5p bag levy being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects across the country.

Voting is open in stores across the region from October 31 to November 13.

Customers will be able to cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop.

The bag charge has already raised millions for causes across Wales.

Lindsey Crompton, head of community at Tesco, said: "Voting is just days away and we couldn’t be more excited to get round two of Bags of Help underway. "More than 1200 community groups will receive £8,000, £10,000 or £12,000 to invest in their local projects.

"I’d urge shoppers to get down to their local store and vote for which of the shortlisted projects they would like to see come to life with a Bags of Help grant."

Groundwork’s national chief executive, Graham Duxbury, said: "The countdown is on until voting opens for round two of the Bags of Help initiative.

"The grants will make a real difference to more than 1200 community groups and projects the length and breadth of the country.”