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THCVS - Covid-19 Funding update

Dear Colleague,

As we go into the Easter Weekend lockdown period, this is a brief update bulletin to bring a couple of funding opportunities to your attention and to update you on our plans.

We have had over 60 responses to our survey questionnaire, so our thanks for that.  The findings from this have been useful for feeding in to the case for funding locally and nationally.

You will have heard about the Government’s £750m to support voluntary organisations.  Almost half of this is earmarked for smaller charities and voluntary organisations – which is good news.  But more is needed and we continue to feed information into the national support agencies like NAVCA and NCVO to make the case for more funding.  More detail on how to apply for this funding will be coming out in the next week or so. 

On a more local and immediate level, EECF have a Covid emergency response fund that is open for applications now.  And the London Community Response have launched their Wave 2 funding for Covid emergency responses alongside grants to support groups with changing the way existing services are being delivered during the lockdown. Both these funding opportunities have simplified application processes and quick turn around times for decisions, so well worth considering.

More information about funding opportunities is included in our eBulletin and on our website. 

If you would like to talk through your ideas or help with your application, the team are available by email to info@thcvs.org.uk  We are responding on a daily basis.

In the meantime, do have a safe and satisfactory weekend.

Peter Okali and the THCVS team
Crowdfunding Campaigns in Tower Hamlets
Congratulations to Bow Food Bank!

Just two weeks after Bow Food Bank started their crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive, they have reached their target of £10,000 and now they are going overfunded.

A great example of people coming together and working for the benefit of the community. 

Bow Food Bank is an independent group supporting vulnerable Tower Hamlets residents specially during the Covid-19 crisis.

Spacehive is platform where the total pledges or donations received are matched by national and local funders.

Tower Hamlets council have been backing community projects through Our Tower Hamlets with up to £10,000 towards successful campaigns, and since the Covid-19 pandemic started some changes have been made to the criteria: Spacehive is waiving their 5% fee and now you can campaign for essential supplies like food backs, or running costs. Projects responding to the crisis will be prioritised by the council.

Do you have an idea to support your community during the pandemic but don't know where to start? get in touch with Awo Ahmed or visit the Spacehive portal and start your campaign, there is a team ready to support you from beginning to end!
Make your donation
Congratulations to Bow Food Bank!

Just two weeks after Bow Food Bank started their crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive, they have reached their target of £10,000 and now they are going overfunded.

A great example of people coming together and working for the benefit of the community. 

Bow Food Bank is an independent group supporting vulnerable Tower Hamlets residents specially during the Covid-19 crisis.

Spacehive is platform where the total pledges or donations received are matched by national and local funders.

Tower Hamlets council have been backing community projects through Our Tower Hamlets with up to £10,000 towards successful campaigns, and since the Covid-19 pandemic started some changes have been made to the criteria: Spacehive is waiving their 5% fee and now you can campaign for essential supplies like food backs, or running costs. Projects responding to the crisis will be prioritised by the council.

Do you have an idea to support your community during the pandemic but don't know where to start? get in touch with Awo Ahmed or visit the Spacehive portal and start your campaign, there is a team ready to support you from beginning to end!
Make your donation
Food for Tower Hamlets

You can still support First Love Foundation campaign.

First Love Foundation supports people in crisis living in Tower Hamlets to get their lives back on track with advice and support, the donations will go towards purchasing & distributing food throughout the borough.
Make your donation
THCVS - Covid-19 Support Survey
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We know that community groups and local organisations are working with the most vulnerable in society and therefore the most at risk in this lockdown.

We want to find out if you are able to contribute to the Borough wide effort to support the most vulnerable and isolated residents and if so, what help you need with this.

With your colaboration we want to map what services are available and create a reasonable listing of services across the borough.

If you need help with filling in the survey or would like a member of the team to help you with this, please email us at info@thcvs.org.uk and we will get back to you by the next day at the latest.
 
Take the survey and tell us what you need
Covid-19 - Funding opportunities updates

Local Funding Opportunities

East End Community Foundation - East End Emergency Fund - The fund is open for donations and the amount collected will be matched by the Canary Warf Group. EECF is working with the council on identifying need and community groups.

Spacehive - Coronavirus: Let’s pull together Campaign - Spacehive is engaging with national funders to support community projects. The fund is aimed at local projects around the Coronavirus outbreak, they're relaxing the criteria so you can fundraise for running costs. All projects under this campaign will have the Spacehive fee waived.

Regional Funding Opportunities

In order to support the sector and reduce the fund applications time The London Community Response Fund portal will allocate all emergency funds coming or managed by the London Community Foundation, and future funds coming from the London Funders members. This means if you apply through the portal your application may be assessed by many funders.

The funds currently open are:

London Community Response - Second wave – Wave 2 has two funding programmes that are taking applications:

·Crisis response: grants up to £10,000 to enable you to meet the immediate needs of communities, from food and essentials, to equipment and additional short-term staff costs.

·Delivering differently: grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 to enable you to change the way you deliver your work to ensure it continues to meet the needs of your communities, from switching to digital channels to redeploying staff to boost your capacity at a time of increased demand. 

National Funding Opportunities

Central Government New support for charities 

On 8 April the government announced a £750m fund to help charities responding to the Covid-19 crisis.

£370m of this fund will go to small and medium-sized organisations at the heart of local communities, the funding will be allocated through the National Lottery Community Fund and other organisations not yet specified, check the National Lottery Community Fund website for updates.

£360 million will be directly allocated by government departments to charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the crisis.


Crisis - In This Together: Emergency Grants Fund 

 Two awards: Up to £5,000 for projects delivered in the following three months and Awards of up to £50,000 for long term projects and potential expansion and change in service delivery – Deadline midday Wednesday 15th April.

Crisis, the national charity for homeless people, has set up ‘In This Together’ emergency grants programme in response to the emergency created by the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis.

The emergency grants are intended to support local groups who are financially affected by additional demands on their resources and who have expanded their provision to meet the current needs of those experiencing homelessness across the UK.


The Yapp Charitable Trust 

The Yapp Charitable Trust has invited small UK charities affected by the impact of COVID-19 to apply for grants of up to £3,000. Registered charities in England and Wales, with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000, can apply for funding for core costs and staffing.


For a complete list of funding opportunities please visit our Coronavirus dedicated page where we wil updating all available opportunites for Tower hamlets organsiations.
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