Following the success of other charity funding opportunities such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund, local MP Rob Roberts welcomes the launch of the new Postcode Recovery Fund and encourages local charities in Delyn to apply.
The People’s Postcode Lottery has launched a new £3 million fund aimed at charities with innovative ideas to help communities across Britain recover from problems highlighted or exacerbated by the pandemic.
The new fund will allow charities to apply for between £500,000 and £1 million in funding for high impact and original projects.
Funding will come from the Postcode Dream Trust, which was created to provide opportunities for charities to deliver their dream projects through collaboration. This year, the Trust’s work has been realigned to support the Covid-19 recovery efforts.
Priority areas for support from the fund include educational inequalities, homelessness, domestic violence, health and wellbeing, poverty, social exclusion and isolation. However, applications where there are other clear benefits to the community will also be considered.
The application process consists of three-stages in which charities will be asked to submit detailed plans of their projects, and if successful in reaching the last stage, charities will be asked to give a formal presentation to an assessment panel.
Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, Laura Chow said:
“Charities across the country have been doing tremendous work to support the people who rely on them in times of need. Many of our supported charities have adapted to meet the enhanced needs of communities during the pandemic.
“This fund will give charities an important opportunity to innovate in a way which will provide lasting benefit, thanks to the support of players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
"We recognise that without additional intervention there is a real risk that the effects of the pandemic will be irreversible for the most vulnerable in our society.”
Commenting on the launch of the new fund, Rob said:
“I am glad to see the launch of this brilliant fund which provides charities with the opportunity to carry out their important work, during a time when it is needed more than ever and when charities themselves may be struggling with funding.
“This fund will help charities across the UK provide support and help to some of the most vulnerable in our society, who sadly have been most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
“I know there are many worthy charities across Delyn that carry out some amazing work on behalf of our community and I hope they will apply.”
Applications for the Postcode Recovery Fund are now open, with applications closing on 30th October 2020. The successful applicants will be announced in March 2021.
For further details about the fund and how to apply, visit: http://www.postcodedreamtrust.org.uk/