A Bury-based charity has taken a unique and innovative approach to help reduce loneliness and isolation among the town’s BAME community during lockdown, by providing local people with traditional, ethnic, hot meals thanks to Bury’s first halal Fusion Foodbank.
Vital access to help and support during COVID-19 for vulnerable and isolated people in Kingswood will continue, thanks to a National Lottery grant to local community hub Kingsmeadow @ Made Forever.
Young people at risk of ‘lockdown loneliness’ and social isolation in South Hams are to be supported by a ‘Digital Youth Work’ project set up by local charity Youth Genesis Trust, thanks to a new National Lottery grant.
Micro Rainbow CIC, an organisation dedicated to supporting LGBTI* asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, has been awarded £10,000 in National Lottery funding for its new Social Inclusion programme, helping them cope with the effects of the coronavirus lockdown.
Mum Bub Hub which aims to bridge the gap in before and after birth care for vulnerable and at-risk women, particularly in BME communities, has been awarded National Lottery funding as their service is needed more than ever during the COVID-19 crisis.
Almost 1,500 community groups across England - many of them helping to tackle social isolation and loneliness caused by the COVID-19 crisis – are in for a share of around £30 million in National Lottery funding awarded this month.
A group of dedicated volunteers in a rural Suffolk village, many of whom are volunteering for the first time, are working tirelessly to ensure vulnerable people are looked after during the COVID-19 crisis – with pet care, hot meals and prescription collection just some of the ways in which support is being offered.
A Berkshire charity that sends out donated clothing and essentials to people in need has received a National Lottery grant to increase its support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Brighton-based community project that helps people recovering from addiction has received National Lottery funding to ensure its programme of support remains open to all who need it during the coronavirus pandemic.
Children and young people living with cancer, who are isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hertfordshire and across the South East, will now be able to interact and support each other online with digital meet-ups thanks to a new National Lottery grant.
