THE date of voting for Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme has been delayed, the charity running the scheme on behalf of the supermarket has said.

People hoping to vote for local good causes will have to wait, after Groundwork UK was forced to change the dates of the poll from September 26 - October 9, to October 31 - November 13 ’due to a shortage in voting equipment’.

Improvements to the play park in Bittaford, along with new facilities at Ermington and Woodlands Park Primary Schools are the projects fighting it out for three grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000.

The money is coming through Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme, where the supermarket hands out the money raised from the carrier bag charge to local environmental or green space projects. When it introduced the charge, the Government said it expected retailers to give the money to good causes.

Shoppers at Tesco Lee Mill and Ivybridge will be given a token at the checkout they can use to choose which project they prefer, with the votes dictating who wins the different amounts.