Funding to Support Charities and Communities Affected by Coronavirus

The Yorkshire Building Society’s Charitable Foundation has launched a Coronavirus Response Fund to support registered charities that ate helping local communities affected by the coronavirus. Funding will support groups and activities that

• Help vulnerable people who are self-isolating.
• Ensure supplies for foodbanks and organisations, in particular to alleviate the impact of children no longer receiving free school meals due to school closures.
• Help community response coordination, including volunteer costs.
• Cover additional costs of working remotely and adapting services delivered in the wider community
• Cover the loss of income for charities providing support for vulnerable groups

The £100,000 fund will make donations of between £250 and £2,000 to help with costs such as running costs, staff and travel costs, and volunteer expenses.

Priority will be given to:

• Charities that have an income of £100,000 or less.
• Charities that support the ongoing needs of vulnerable people to ensure that their health and wellbeing is maintained.
• Charities that support the ongoing needs of people suffering from poverty or those who have suffered a loss of income

Applications can be made at any time and will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis.   For further information – please view – https://www.ybs.co.uk/your-society/charitable-foundation/index.html