Covid-19 Support Fund. The UK insurance and long-term savings industry launched the Covid-19 Support Fund in May 2020, to help support some of the people hardest hit by the crisis. The fund works in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation and a network of partners to help people in their hour of need Reaching its fundraising target of 100m, the insurance and long-term savings industry has grown its Covid-19 Support Fund into the biggest sector fund in the UK. Voluntary donations from firms within the sector have amounted to 84m. From this, 20m has been granted to an initiative with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and this has been match funded by the governments Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Since the launch of our coronavirus appeal, generous pledges have meant we have been able to distribute more than 30m and make more than 4,000 grants to charities across the UK. We are hugely appreciative of the support from the insurance and long-term savings community, and will work to ensure the funds raised are distributed quickly to those who are most in need The key aim is to provide immediate relief to charities affected by Covid-19, as well as a longer-term programme of support for people, communities and issues that have the greatest need, including: Community-based charities that are under unprecedented strain Charities supporting the most vulnerable in particular, families and children living in poverty, and older people in isolation Initiatives to promote wellbeing and mental health across society You can learn more about the work of the fund and our supporters here: www.covid19support.org.uk General Lord Dannatt, Chairman of the National Emergencies Trust (NET) 105m raised to support charities 20m to support NETs coronavirus appeal, helping more than 10,000 charities More than 37 donors from across the industry Stories from the front line Here are just a few of the ways the fund is supporting communities across the UK. Read more examples at www.covid19support.org.uk Charity: Scran Academy Location: Edinburgh Nurturing careers, helping communities Scran Academy is a catering social enterprise providing great-value food that not only tastes good, but also does good. Overseen by trained chefs and cooks, its kitchen offers a range of freshlyClub made, great-value grub Monkstown Boxing for all sortsBelfast of events, companies and occasions. Location: Crucially, Scran Academys approach focuses on Our fight was not in the ring. It was out there in the what these young people can do, not what they dont community have. They gain first-hand experience in a dynamic Monkstown Boxing Club delivers a wide range of hospitality social start-up, helping to work across programmes to the hardest-to-reach young people the development of the business. They go through aged 11 to 20. Its work is aimed at improving aCharity: subtle, yet bespoke, skills training journey, gaining Sandwell African educational achievement, creating pathways to qualifications where appropriate. In short, it helps Women Association employment, building healthier lifestyles, bringing them to flourish in learning, life and work. But its the communities together, and reducing crime. Location: West Midlands end result that speaks for itself and the fund has been Thanks torefugee donations madesafe possible by the Fund, the Keeping women and supported able to support this vital work. club has able tonear continue its workSandwell and extend Based in been Smethwick, Birmingham, support such asAssociation food parcels through crisis. charity African Women (SAWA) is athe registered formed to support refugee women and children affected by wars, sexual violence, exploitation and abuse. Charity: Recovery Cymru A SAWA representative said: Throughout the crisis, Location: Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan we have worked to keep the elderly women who Recovery and rehabilitation in the time of Covid need our support safe. Weve received feedback, Recovery Cymru is a peer-led, mutual aid community letting us know the huge difference the associations in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, empowering work is making in our community help we wouldnt people coming back from addiction or traumatic life be able to provide without the funds given by the events while supporting others to do the same. National Emergencies Trust. Using money from the Covid-19 Support Fund, Community Foundation Wales is further able to help projects such as Recovery Cymru as it seeks to offer aid through the process of rehabilitation and beyond, as well as to raise awareness and work to counter stigma and discrimination. 2,400 matches made between communities and businesses through the NRBN largest sector fund of its kind in the UK 20m match funding awarded by government
