Five lessons from the past about spontaneous volunteering in emergencies
The spread of coronavirus in the UK has seen a rapid rise in grassroots activities outside of official emergency responses – known as ‘spontaneous volunteering’....
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COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grants Announced
Cash support will be provided to organisations redistributing food across England during the coronavirus outbreak. Food redistribution organisations across England are to benefit from £3.25...
National Lottery Community Fund Prioritises COVID-19 Projects
The National Lottery Community Fund has issued a statement about its funding priorities over the next six months. The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has...
Extra School Funding and Support to Help Manage Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Government has announced a package of funding and resource support to help schools deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Government has announced today (7 April)...
Apprenticeship Programme Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has published guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers and assessment organisations in response to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19)....
Tesco Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund
Emergency grants of up to £500 are available to a wide range of not-for-profit organisations across the UK. Tesco has created the new short-term Tesco...
Barclays Launches £100m COVID-19 Community Aid Package
The British Bank has launched a charity foundation to help deal with the medical and economic crisis caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) and in preparing for...
Heritage Emergency Fund
The £50 million Heritage Emergency Fund openied for applications on Wednesday, 15 April 2020. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has published the guidelines and the...
Chancellor’s £750m Coronavirus Funding Package for UK’s Charities
Rishi Sunak, chancellor of the exchequer, has announced the Government will provide £750 million to frontline charities across the UK so that they can continue...
Persimmon Homes – Community Champions
Persimmon Community Champions is here to fund good causes across the UK. Each of our 31 businesses and our PLC head office are giving away...
Persimmon Homes – Building Futures
Welcome to Building Futures – a £1 million scheme to support children's health, sport and education & arts. Persimmon Homes is delighted to have joined...
Ford Britain Trust
The Ford Britain Trust offers grant funding to not-for-profit organisations, registered charities and schools for projects which benefit the local community and environment, children and...