# Tesco announces five-year partnership with health charities to help tackle biggest UK challenges

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/01/10/tesco-announces-five-year-partnership-health-charities-help-tackle-biggest-uk-challenges/
- Published: 2018-01-10T07:05:01+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Tesco is partnering with British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and Diabetes
UK for the next five years in a bid to help lower the risk of the UK’s biggest health
challenges.**

 

Under the partnership, called _Little Helps for healthier living_, Tesco will work
with British Heart Foundation, [Cancer Research UK](https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/),
[Diabetes UK](https://www.diabetes.org.uk/home), using their skills and experience
to try to help lower the risk of heart and circulatory disease, cancer and Type 
2 diabetes.

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Over the next five years, the partnership will work to encourage and support sustainable,
measurable changes in behaviour through a series of targeted activities and campaigns
aimed at reducing the risk of these conditions, such as suggesting healthy items
that can be swapped to replace unhealthier food choices. Activity will also include
fundraising initiatives to raise money for the three charities.

 

The four organisations have pledged to share the findings from their work across
the wider UK health community.

 

Dave Lewis, Chief Executive of Tesco, said:

 

> “This is a unique partnership, which will bring together the skills and expertise
> of the UK’s leading health charities and the UK’s leading food retailer to help
> tackle the biggest health challenges facing the nation.
> “Together with the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and Diabetes 
> UK, we want to help people take small steps on their own terms to develop healthier
> habits. It’s about unlocking the energy, expertise and reach of our different 
> organisations to develop little helps that make healthy differences across the
> whole country.”

 

Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive of the [British Heart Foundation](https://www.bhf.org.uk/),
said:

 

> “This partnership has the potential to significantly lower the risk of some of
> the UK’s deadliest diseases. Working together, we can create initiatives that 
> inspire people to take steps to change their behaviour. Measuring the impact of
> these initiatives could also pave the way for new and innovative strategies for
> empowering staff and communities to take control of their health in ways that 
> can be adopted across the country.”

 

The partnership ties in with Tesco’s [Little Helps Plan](https://www.tescoplc.com/little-helps-plan/),
launched last October.

 

 

 

Main image: the four CEOs at the partnership launch. Image ©Licensed to i-Images
Picture Agency. Picture by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

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