Coronavirus Community Support Fund is open for applications

The Coronavirus Community Support Fund has opened to applications today.

Charities and social enterprises are playing a vital role in Norwich, meeting the needs of vulnerable people affected by the current crisis. At the same time many have been experiencing significant challenges as they have had to close shops and other revenue-generating services, and cancel fundraising activities.

To ensure that charities and social enterprises can continue to step up to respond to the crisis, and keep their doors open to those most in need the government has made available £750m nationally to support them.

The £200m Coronavirus Community Support Fund is being administered through the National Lottery Community Fund. From today charities and social enterprises can submit applications through the NLCF website, which can be found here: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

The Fund has two key objectives; to increase community support to vulnerable people affected by the Covid-19 crisis, through the work of civil society organisations and; to reduce temporary closures of essential charities and social enterprises, ensuring services for vulnerable people impacted by Covid-19 have the financial resources to operate, and so reduce the burden on public services.

Grants will allow organisations to meet service costs, where they are experiencing increased demand and/or short term income disruption; as well as allowing organisations to refocus services to address more immediate beneficiary needs in light of Covid-19.

For more  information and to apply to the Coronavirus Community Support Fund please visit www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk. As always, if I can be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact me by emailing chole@chloesmith.org.uk, or calling 01603 414756