The National Lottery Community Fund announced a further £1.8m in funding, for 68 community groups, supporting people up and down Wales to recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
Today The National Lottery Community Fund announced that nearly £3 million has been awarded to communities in Wales to tackle climate change, thanks to National Lottery players.
Today, for International Youth Day, The National Lottery Community Fund announced that it is partnering with young people from across Wales to help inform how its funding is used in the future.
A Welsh charity that provides second-hand furniture and electrical goods to those in need is readying itself for a huge spike in demand due to domestic abuse during lockdown.
The National Lottery Community Fund is today announcing £2.4 million of grants to over one hundred projects across Wales that are helping communities to tackle issues including domestic violence and isolation, which have risen as a result of the lockdown. In Wales, charities have reported an increase of calls reporting domestic abuse to help lines since March*. The National Lottery has today announced its support for six organisations working with families suffering from this issue with grants totalling £171,766.
The main grant giving organisations in Wales, who regularly meet as the Wales Funders’ Forum, are working together more closely than ever to ensure that funding goes to the Welsh charities, organisations and communities that need it most during lockdown. Between them £20 million has already been distributed to communities across Wales.
Southall Black Sisters, a women’s organisation that focuses on challenging domestic and gender-related violence across London, has been awarded nearly £90,000 of National Lottery funding.
