Has your voluntary or community organisation been impacted financially by the pandemic?

You could get up to £10,000 from the National Emergencies Trust’s Local Action Fund

This new and exciting opportunity is part of their Coronavirus Appeal which has raised more than £98m to support people whose lives have been impacted by the pandemic.

The Local Action Fund aims to support long-term sustainability for brilliant local groups who are making a real difference to the people in their communities.

Eligible services include:

• Health and wellbeing services
• Activities that relieve pressure on local statutory services
• Services for vulnerable people self-isolating
• Services addressing food poverty
• Community response coordination
• Services supporting those experiencing, or at risk of, domestic abuse, those facing homelessness and those working with refugees and or asylum seeker communities
• Services supporting young people’s access to education
• Services supporting those in poverty or at risk of poverty

To access this funding, you will need to run a crowdfunding campaign with Crowdfunder and the National Emergencies Trust will match every donation pound for pound, up to a total of £10,000.

Applications close on 22nd October 2021.