Tesco Bags of Help

COVID-19 Communities Fund
Funding Category: 
Coronavirus
Grant amount: 
Less than £1,000
Location: 
National
Deadline: 
Friday, 18 September, 2020

Tesco Bags of Help is responding to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis by setting up a new short-term fund to support local communities.

Due to the need to respond quickly to the emergency we have created a streamlined application process and payment process to make it easier to get funds distributed quickly. If your application is successful the fund will provide a single payment award of £500 to organisations who are supporting vulnerable groups. The programme is set up to support organisational need in this time of crisis rather than fund specific projects.

Who for: 

Typically, the fund will prioritise organisations;

  • whose need for services has been disrupted – for example a food bank  whose stocks are running low and need an immediate donation to enable the food bank to restock. 
  • require to put in place new services – for example charities setting up a new home service for the elderly who usually attend a monthly lunch club or a charity needing to set up a telephone service to support beneficiaries.
  • Increased demand –  a holiday hunger club needs more resources due to schools closing, or a children’s centre needs an additional temporary staff member.

Businesses and ‘for profit’ organisations are not eligible.

Typically we would welcome applications from organisations such as ;

  • Women’s refuges
  • Food banks
  • Hospices
  • Homeless charities
  • Charities supporting the elderly
  • Charities supporting children’s activities

However, this list is not exhaustive and other organisational types will be funded. This is a rolling programme, where community groups or charities can apply for funding at any time during the next few months; we expect to be making weekly awards to eligible groups across the UK. 

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