BASINGSTOKE Tesco customers are being urged to help support an in-store fundraising campaign for three leading health charities. 

Customers can choose to round up their shop to the nearest £1 at self-service tills to help support Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.

Since 2018, Tesco's partnership with these charities has raised more than £22m to support life-saving research.

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The campaign, which runs until March 5, also aims to increase awareness about the importance of making sustainable lifestyle changes that can help people to lower the impact of cancer, heart and circulatory diseases, and diabetes.

Oonagh Turnbull, head of health campaigns at Tesco, thanked Basingstoke shoppers for their support, which will make a significant difference to many people’s lives.

She added: “There has never been a more critical time to raise funds for our health charity partners. Their work relies heavily on donations from the communities in which we operate, and the funds raised with help them to continue their awareness, prevention and research work.”

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Dr Charmaine Griffiths, chief executive of the British Heart Foundation, said: “We are honoured to work with Tesco and the health charity partners this February to raise vital funds to reduce the impact of heart and circulatory disease, cancer, and diabetes.”