Big Society Capital £100 million response – further details

An ambitious £100 million programme of loans and investment has been announced to help get much-needed emergency funding to social enterprises, charities and small businesses in disadvantaged areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The new measures include:

• A new Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund, managed by Social Investment Business (SIB), to enable social lenders to provide emergency loans (anticipated £100,000 -£500,000) to affected social enterprises and charities without requiring personal guarantees and charging no fees or interest for 12 months. The plan is that applications will open sometime in April, with the intention that the first loans will be completed at the start of May. More on the fund here.

• Smaller, emergency loans will also be made available on the same no fee, no interest for 12 months basis to small businesses and social enterprises in more deprived areas. The loans will be delivered through the BCRS Business Loans Limited, Business Enterprise Fund, Finance for Enterprise and First Enterprise.
• Up to a further £50 million which Big Society Capital will reprioritise and repurpose over coming months to address emerging funding needs among social enterprises and charities, either through the Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund or alternative funding vehicles as appropriate.

The initial funds will come through Big Society Capital repurposing existing investments and rescheduling planned commitments for future years. The aim is to significantly grow the response with support from other investors. The initiative has been enabled by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport accelerating the release of previously committed dormant bank accounts.

Sylvia Adams Trust – new unrestricted grants (England and Wales)

£5,000. Registered charities (income less than £750k). Deadline April 28^th, 2020.

The Trust will make grants to organisations working to improve the life chances for some of the most disadvantaged children in England and Wales by investing in early intervention and preventative work (age 0-3 years). The Trust has paused its usual grants programme and opened a fund for unrestricted grants. Applicants should be able to demonstrate the likelihood of increased demand for their services and/or can demonstrate a loss of anticipated income attributable to the current pandemic.

Arts Council England: Round 2 of Emergency Funding Package (Grants - England)

Arts Council England has launched the second funding round of its COVID-19 support funding programmes. Currently two funding programmes are open:

• Funding for organisations outside of the National Portfolio – for organisations that are not in receipt of regular funding from the Arts Council. Organisations who have applied to National Lottery Project Grants are welcome to apply.
• Funding for individuals - financial support available to individuals, so they can better sustain themselves, and their work, in the coming months.

Applicants will need to register on Grantium by April 27^th in order to make an application before the deadline of April 30^th, 2020. Applications for a £90 million funding programme for National Portfolio Organisations will launch shortly.

COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant (England)

The Government, in collaboration with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap), have launched a £3.25 million fund to support the operations of not-for-profit food redistributors to ensure that any surplus food can reach people in need or those considered most vulnerable. The COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant will be delivered in three phases:

• Phase 1: WRAP has approached a target list of small redistribution organisations who have previously applied to the fund to ascertain their immediate need for potential funding support
• Phase 2 provides funding opportunities for small surplus food redistributors (£5k-£10, deadline June 4^th, 2020).
• Phase 3 is aimed at medium-to-larger operators (up to £50,000, deadline May 21^st, 2020).

The grants can be used to fund both capital and revenue costs associated with redistribution activities such as access to surplus food through logistical collections; sorting, storing, freezing, labelling / repackaging food; onward distribution of food to charities or end beneficiaries. 

Ballinger Charitable Trust – grants / response (North East)

The trust has paused its grant application systems for the time being. Instead it has small amounts of money (up to £1,000) to grant to those organisations where they are actively responding to help the North East community they serve through the impacts of COVID-19.

This could apply to your organisation if you are undertaking active, unduplicated and necessary work to support your community - using your staff and volunteers – whilst also being connected to your local authority run community hub (whenever it arises) to be part of a co-ordinated local response.

Grant monies can be put towards any additional cost of COVID-19 response work. Current priority areas for grant-making will include support of older people, hospital discharges, tackling domestic abuse, and food and fuel support of local community families in disadvantaged areas.

To register your interest, please send a brief email to andrew@ballingercharitabletrust.org.uk and a Trustee will call and discuss - include a telephone number, preferably a mobile.

COVID-19: Clothworkers’ Emergency Capital Programme (Grant – UK*)

* not open to charities whose beneficiaries are based in London.

Up to £5,000. Registered charities / CICs / exempt / special schools (income less than £2m). No deadline specified.

The Clothworkers’ Emergency Capital Programme will award small capital grants for essential items to adapt or increase services in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Priority will be given to organisations supporting vulnerable and ‘at risk’ groups within the Foundation’s programme areas during this period:

• Alcohol and substance misuse
• Disadvantaged minority communities
• Disadvantaged young people
• Domestic and sexual abuse
• Homelessness
• Older people
• People with disabilities
• Prisoners and ex-offenders
• Visual impairment

The Foundation aims to make quick decisions on applications. However, if it receives a large volume of applications it may take up to two weeks for a decision.

To note: The Foundation expects the criteria for this programme to evolve as understanding of the needs of organisations supporting beneficiaries develops.

Crisis: In this Together - Emergency grants fund (Grant – UK)

Up to £50,000. Registered charities (local). No deadline specified (weekly awards).

Homelessness charity Crisis has established an emergency grants fund 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.

Two levels of award are available:

• Up to £5,000 for short-term responses to the coronavirus emergency (projects within three months), following a limited/fast-tracked application process (payments made in advance)
• Up to £50,000 to fund long-term needs and potential expansion or change in service delivery, following a full application process (payments in advance, but potential for staged payments over a specified period).

Funding is to be restricted to assistance needed to cope with the impact of coronavirus and not simply to meet wider funding gaps. It could be to meet additional demand or reduction in staffing or other resources caused by impact of coronavirus. 

Dulverton Trust – change in priorities (Grant - UK)

The trust has made the decision that for the immediate future (including the June and October meetings), its grant-making will be focused on

• charities that are well-placed to support vulnerable communities through this crisis (previous grant recipients will be prioritised, but it may consider new charities to us as an exception)
• supporting charities with which it has an existing relationship to overcome funding challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

When considering applications, the trust will be interested in understanding whether or not applicants have explored all the options for financial support, including government schemes and emergency funds.

The trust supports registered charities / CIOs with an annual income £200,000 - £10 million (newly established charities and preservation charities are exempt) that operate at a national or at least county or regional level in England, Scotland, or Wales excluding Greater London. They should be working to produce significant impact in one of the priority areas - youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, preservation, Africa, peace and humanitarian support.

Fair4All COVID-19 Resilience Fund Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme (Grant – UK)

Fair4All has launched two programmes to help the affordable credit sector emerge from the COVID-19 crisis in a resilient state and to scale it thereafter. 

COVID-19 Resilience Fund:

***Please note the first deadline has passed - applications received after this will be assessed on a rolling basis until the funds are used up or if the need for funds reduces*** The COVID-19 Resilience Fund will provide short-term grant funding to help affordable credit providers to deal with temporary shortfalls in income and additional operational costs due to the crisis.  Grants will likely range from £20,000 - £350,000.

Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme:

The Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme is designed to provide a tailored support to sustainably scale affordable credit as part of the wider transformation of financial services to better meet the needs of people in vulnerable circumstances.  The support will vary based on the unique needs of organisations. The expression of interest will open at the beginning of May. Funding decisions by end of October.

Funding Enlightened Agriculture (FEA): LEAP small emergency loan programme

FEA is offering the following funding for a period of three months (from April 1^st 2020):

• Small unsecured loans from £5,000 to £20,000.
• Interest rate five per cent. Term five years and three months. Arrangement fee waived.
• Three month capital and interest holiday, followed by 12-month capital holiday
• Quick decision.

The focus for this funding will be on established community food businesses and agroecological growers and it can be used for anything that helps them navigate this crisis. 

Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Programme (Grant – UK)

Up to £1,000. Schools. No deadline.

During the COVID-19 schools shutdown, the Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Programme will prioritise schools who remain open to vulnerable children and the families of key workers.

A limited number of grants are available so priority will be given to schools that have either 35 per cent and above of children eligible for pupil premium funding or eligible for free school meals or schools based in an area classified as falling in the 10 per cent of most deprived areas according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Persimmon Community Champions – focusing on the over-70s (Grant - UK)

Up to £1,000. VCSE. No deadline specified (monthly awards).

Each of Persimmon Homes’ 31 businesses and its PLC head office are giving away up to £2,000 each month to fund local community initiatives.

For the foreseeable future, the focus will be on funding organisations that support the over-70s - a vulnerable group that the company feels needs its support at this time.

Rank Foundation (UK)

The Rank Foundation has launched an Emergency Fund and a Resilience Fund, initially solely for its existing network of current and past beneficiaries. However, it is currently reviewing its Pebble Grants programme criteria to allow for wider, public access – keep an eye on the charity’s website for news of this.

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust (Grant - UK)

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust was established to provide for medical research and medicine generally, but also donates towards appeals of a humanitarian nature. In response to COVID-19, the trust is offering flexibility for all current grantees, as well as welcoming applications for grants of up to £1,500 from eligible small charities through its Ann Rylands scheme. More

If you are a hospice, the charity’s Hospice Fund is due to open July 1^st 2020. More

Standard Life Foundation – fast track grants (UK)

£5,000+. No deadline at present.

The Standard Life Foundation has launched funding for work directly related to the coronavirus pandemic, addressing specific challenges and helping to contribute to social change that tackles financial problems and improves living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes in the UK.

The Foundation will fund a range of strategic work that aims to create a step change in policy, practice, attitudes and/or behaviour. Examples in relation to the pandemic might include rapid analysis of key issues (self-employed workers, the food and hospitality or social care sectors etc.), modelling of new proposals (enhanced sick pay, help with utilities, high cost credit payments etc.), recording impacts on low-to-middle income groups and/or specific advocacy and policy work on a range of issues related to income, spending and assets.

This new funding stream will be a fast track process for projects responding to the pandemic that can be started in the next few weeks.

Support Adoption For Pets (Grant - UK)

Support Adoption For Pets, which gives to animal welfare charities, has announced that it will be giving an additional £400,000 to local animal sanctuaries suffering as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is identifying which charities to support itself, but the application page is still open on their website for sanctuaries wishing to apply for funding.

Tesco Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund (Grant - UK)

£500. Not for profit. No deadline set (weekly awards expected over the “next few months”).

Tesco Bags of Help is responding to the current crisis by setting up a new short-term fund to support local communities. Due to the need to respond quickly to the emergency they have created a streamlined application process and payment process to make it easier to get funds distributed quickly.

The programme is set up to support organisational need in this time of crisis rather than fund specific projects. Typically, the fund will prioritise

• organisations whose need for services has been disrupted
• organisations required to put in place new services
• increased demand.

The Fore – RAFT fund (Grant – UK)

***Only open to current grantees initially. The Trust is fundraising in order to extend funding to other organisations and will share details of how to apply soon***

The Fore’s RAFT Fund will provide emergency grants of up to £5,000 during the coronavirus pandemic for the best-managed small charities and social enterprises doing vital work in their communities. RAFT is specifically looking to shore up and build resilience in the best small charities, giving them a better chance to continue their services and navigate through the crisis.

Youth Music: Emergency Fund (Grant – England)

Up to £10,000. Weekly deadlines for first six weeks (first deadline was Thursday April 9^th)

Youth Music has announced a new Emergency Fund to offer additional support to music-making organisations affected by coronavirus. It aims to prioritise the people and organisations in the most immediate need and to make quick decisions and payments. 

Authors Emergency Fund (UK)

Emergency grant fund for professional authors in the UK, including writers, illustrators, literary translators, scriptwriters, poets, journalists and others, for whom author-related activities make up a substantial amount of their annual income. Grants are likely to be up to £2,000 and designed to meet urgent need.

Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund (UK

BFI and the Film & TV Charity have partnered to create a new COVID-19 emergency fund to support the creative community affected by the pandemic. Established with £1m from Netflix, the fund will provide emergency short term relief to active workers and freelancers who have been affected by the closure of productions.

The Film and TV Charity is currently working on the precise eligibility criteria and level of individual funding but the fund will be open to those working in production, distribution and exhibition.

Help for Musicians - Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund (UK)

A new £5m fund specifically created to alleviate some of the immediate financial pressures that professional musicians may be facing. Eligible musicians are able to apply for a one-off payment of £500.

The Prince’s Trust and Natwest Enterprise Relief Fund (UK)

This £5m fund is offering grants to 18 to 30-year olds who are self-employed and/or running their own businesses. In conjunction with cash grants, the initiative will offer one-to-one support and guidance to anyone.

Grants can be used to maintain core business operations during the crisis, as well as meet any existing financial commitments, such as paying for essential equipment or settling invoices from suppliers. Additionally, grants will also support young people to diversify their business to respond to opportunities created by the crises. In conjunction with grants, the initiative will offer one-to-one support and guidance to any applicants who need it.

To be eligible to apply, you must be a business owner aged 18 to 30, who set up their business in the last four years and don't have any other source of income during the crisis. If you set up your business with support from The Prince’s Trust in the last four years, you are still eligible for the fund if you were aged 18-30 at the time you received this support.

Theatres Trust – two grant programmes (UK) 

Theatres at Risk Capacity Building Programme Fund: for theatres (charitable / not for profit) at risk and in need of renovation. Up to £25,000 available to those theatres on the Theatres Trust’s Theatres at Risk Register as well as the community and campaign groups and local authorities that support them. Deadline April 21^st, 2020.

Accessible Theatres Scheme: Up to £5,000 for building works and equipment for projects that improve disabled access in both front or back of house, with applications that show engagement with disabled user groups scoring highly. Theatres must be not-for-profit and members of UK Theatre, Federation of Scottish Theatres, Independent Theatre Council or Creu Cymru and must pay union rates. Funding of up to £10,000 may be available for innovative and exceptional projects. Deadline May 5^th, 2020.

Leche Trust (Grant – UK)

Up to £5,000. Registered charities / public sector. Next deadlines April 24^th / August 28^th, 2020.

The Leche Trust offers grants in two areas:

• Performing Arts: excellence in professional performance / new work / development of young, professional artists aged 18 or over
• Conservation: projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which are pre-Victorian in date (i.e. pre-1830s).

In 2018/2019, the trust approved 84 grants totalling £175,300.

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund (Grant – Gateshead)

Up to £5,000. VCSE. Deadline May 15^th, 2020.

The CIL Fund supports capital projects within wards where the funds have been raised:

• Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
• Winlaton and High Spen
• Blaydon
• Whickham North
• Dunston Hill and Whickham East
• Lobley Hill and Bensham
• Lamesley

The Fund will only consider applications for capital projects of benefit to local communities in the wards listed above. Applicants must demonstrate sustainability, with no ongoing revenue costs for Gateshead Council. Applicants will be required to submit three grant objectives which identify what will be achieved as a result of the funding.

Persimmon Building Futures (Grant – UK)

Deadline May 31^st, 2020.

Persimmon Homes has joined forces with Team GB - the British Olympic Association - to give away over £1 million to help projects for young people aged under 18.

In each of the three areas of education / arts, sport and health, three prizes will be offered – first prize £100,000, second prize £50,000 and third prize £20,000.

Alongside these, there are also smaller individual prizes of £1,000 each to give away during April and May 2020 and 87 shortlisted finalists who do not win one of the main prizes will receive £5,000 as a runner-up.

Ironmongers’ Foundation (Grant - UK)

Amount not specified. Registered charities / exempt. Deadline August 1^st, 2020.

In response to the much-publicised skills gap in the British engineering industry, the Ironmongers’ Foundation wishes to support initiatives that encourage talented young people under the age of 25 to study science subjects at school and go on to pursue engineering-related further education or vocational training.

Preference is given to urban areas outside London; particularly areas in the North and Midlands with a manufacturing presence. Additionally, the Foundation prefers to support smaller projects where its contribution can make a real difference.

Activities must be additional to those funded by government or other sources (e.g. covered by school budgets).

Co-operative Bank - Customer Donation Fund (Grant - UK)

Up to £1,000. VCSE. Deadline September 30^th, 2020.

Organisations that have a Community Directplus account with the Co-operative Bank can apply for funding from the Customer Donation Fund to support special projects and fundraising activities.

While the fund will support varied projects throughout the UK, preference will be given to projects that fit into one or more of the following priorities:

• Ethics – projects that reflect The Co-operative Bank’s ethical policy including animal welfare, Fair Trade and social involvement
• Ecology – ecological projects that contribute to a sustainable society
• Projects in the communities in which The Co-operative Bank operates
• Projects where The Co-operative Bank’s contribution will make a significant impact
• Projects which support The Co-operative Bank’s community themes:
  • Crime, reoffending and victims of crime
  • Financial capability and education
  • Diversity and inclusion.

Boost Charitable Trust (Grant – UK)

Up to £500. VCSE. No deadline.

The Trust aims to give opportunities to those who wish to fulfil their sporting ambitions, at any level, and provides grants to organisations that support disabled or disadvantaged people to overcome obstacles and take part in sporting activities in the UK.

Boost has awarded grants across a very wide spectrum of sports projects aimed at helping those who are disadvantaged in some way to overcome their challenges through sport. About 40% have been awarded to disability programmes.

DPD Eco Fund (Grant - UK)

No deadline.

Anyone can apply for funding from the DPD Eco Fund, although it particularly encourages schools and educational facilities working on green projects with their students and start-up companies working on developing environmentally friendly products to apply.

The Eco Fund has £140,000 to allocate to worthy sustainable projects in 2020, with typical funding per project being approximately £1,500.

Yapp Charitable Trust – core funding grants (England & Wales)

Usually up to £3,000 per year for up to three years. Registered charities (annual expenditure less than £40k). No deadline specified.

Grants are available for core funding in the following areas:

• Elderly people
• Children and young people aged 5-25
• People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
• Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
• Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children).

Priorities:

• Work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders
• Services that help to improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people
• Applicants that can demonstrate an effective use of volunteers
• Charities that seek to be preventive and aim to change opinion and behaviour through raising awareness of issues, education and campaigning
• Applicants that can demonstrate (where feasible) an element of self-sustainability by charging subscriptions/fees to service users
• Applications that don't address at least two of the above are unlikely to receive a grant.

Comic Relief and Youth Endowment new fund to support organisations working to prevent youth offending (UK)

Not yet open.

Comic Relief and Youth Endowment Fund have launched a new £6m joint funding programme to support organisations working to prevent youth offending. As more and more young people call for urgent action to address rising knife crime, together with Comic Relief, the Youth Endowment Fund aims to help tackle the problem.

The two charities will co-design the new funding programme, with input from young people affected by youth violence and those individuals and organisations with experience of preventing it. Further details of the programme will be announced later in the year.

Eash issue we'll be featuring a funding success story from a local organisation sharing what worked for them. If you'd like to share your funding story email Jen Thompson.

Project: Core services and employability service development

Grantee: Daisy Chain

Funder: People’s Postcode Lottery

Amount: £400,000

People’s Postcode Lottery has awarded £400,000 to Daisy Chain in Norton, Stockton-on-Tees to help fund support to local families and individuals affected by autism.

Barclays Bank - response

April 7^th

The company has announced the establishment of The Barclays Foundation, initially to provide a COVID-19 Community Aid Package of £100 million to charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19 and to alleviate the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis.

The Barclays £100m fund is made up of two components:

• Charity Partners Programme: £50m donation to a variety of charities working with vulnerable people (deployed via partnerships with trusted charities who can have a direct and immediate impact)
• Employee Matched Donations Programme: £50m fund to match personal donations made by the bank's employees to local charities of their choice that work to help communities affected by the virus.

Chancellor sets out £750m coronavirus funding for frontline charities

April 8^th

Charities across the UK will receive a £750 million package of support to ensure they can continue their vital work during the coronavirus outbreak, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. Measures include:

• £750 million pot for frontline charities across the UK – including hospices and those supporting domestic abuse victims
• £360 million direct from government departments and £370 million for smaller charities, including through a grant to the National Lottery Community Fund
• Government will match donations to the National Emergencies Trust as part of the BBC’s Big Night In fundraiser later this month – pledging a minimum of £20 million.

This builds on previous announcements by the Chancellor to support charities and businesses, including deferring their VAT bills, paying no business rates for their shops next year, and furloughing staff where possible with the Government paying 80 per cent of their wages.

The response from the sector, however, suggests that more is needed. With charity shops shut and fundraising events cancelled, it is estimated that charities stand to lose around £4bn in 12 weeks as a result of the crisis. NCVO believes that these measures won’t be enough to prevent good charities around the country from closing their doors. Even many that survive will look very different in a few months’ time, with a severely reduced capacity to provide the support that people rely on.

Community Accounting – free resources

Managing your organisations' cashflow is key to enable organisations to monitor and plan their financial position during the COVID-19 crisis.  Community Accounting has a free cashflow analysis template and a how-to video on their website (along with other free financial management tools). 

Co-op Members’ Coronavirus Fund response

Co-op has created the Co-op Members’ Coronavirus Fund so that its 4.6 million members can donate the unspent rewards, which total over £30m and will be channelled into foodbanks, a funeral hardship fund and front-line community causes.

Its CEO, Steve Murrells, is also donating 20 per cent of his own salary over a three-month period into the fund. This is the latest in a number of initiatives by the retailer to help those affected by the pandemic.

COVID-19 funding for local authorities

March 30^th

The Government published details about additional funding of £1.6bn for local authorities to help them respond to COVID-19 pressures across all the services they deliver. 

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation -  response

April 14^th

The Foundation has announced that it will be making an additional £16 million of funding available this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This includes £14 million in fast-response grants to be offered to some of the organisations it currently supports and £2 million for contributions to emergency funding schemes in collaboration with others. The Foundation will share more details of the fast-response funding directly with organisations it supports in the next two weeks.

The Foundation are currently closed to new applications so that it can concentrate support on the organisations it already funds.

Funding for schools

The Government has announced extra funding and support to cover the exceptional costs associated with coronavirus for the period March to July 2020. Funding will be available for all state-funded mainstream and special schools, and alternative provision.

Identified areas where the Government believes is it most likely that schools may face additional costs include

• increased premises related costs associated with keeping schools open, over and above the costs that schools would have faced in other circumstances
• support for free school meals (FSM) for eligible children who are not attending school
• additional cleaning.

Schools should make the necessary payments from their existing budgets and record these in line with local finance policies. In June, the Government will publish further guidance on the process for informing us of any additional costs relating to coronavirus.

Fundraising in a Pandemic and Economic Downturn

A useful guide from The Better Fundraising Company, looking at what will likely happen and how organisations can succeed. 

Guide for charities and social enterprises navigating funding

Free guide from Good Finance, covering:

• Key principles to help your thinking
• Making the most of government advice
• What to consider with your current grants
• What to consider if you currently have social investment
• Navigating your relationship with banks
• Operational and business planning
• Further support and resources

KEDA Consulting: COVID-19 Emergency Fundraising Communications service

KEDA have launched a COVID-19 Emergency Fundraising Communications service whereby they will work with you to develop a succinct and specific statement on the impact COVID-19 has had on your charity. They will develop tailored communications to articulate to your existing and recent supporters how they can help.

The cost is a fixed fee of £499 including VAT - charities with less than £350,000 total income will benefit from a 40 per cent discount. 

Latest Q&A on Covid19 implications on European Social Fund programmes

THE ESF Covid-19 webpage was recently updated. Organisations in receipt of ESF funding, including Building Better Opportunities funding and their own ESF funded programmes should take a look. 

Online event: Difficult Decision Making and Financial Management

April 27^th, 2020. 10-11:30am.

Join GLT Partners, supported by Virgin Money Foundation, for this free masterclass webinar to help Chief Executives, Finance Directors/Managers and Trustees navigate through the difficult months ahead and provide guidance on what is critical for them to review and how to do this.

It will cover:

• Short term measures
  • Determine your liabilities
  • Consolidate existing funding
  • Reduce expenditure
  • Access Government finance support
  • Cashflow
• Medium term decisions: What will the future look like?
  • Planning for the future: forecasting and scenario planning
  • Risk assessment - making difficult decisions:
  • What factors to consider
  • What potential options are there?
  • When do you need to make decisions?
  • Who do you need to engage in this process?
  • How to wind down a charity or social enterprise

Online event: The impact of Coronavirus for charities on governance and operations

April 22^nd 2020, 12-1:30pm. Free

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland understands the impact of coronavirus for charities on their governance and operations and are pleased to be working with Fiona Wharton of Wrigleys Solicitors LLP on an interactive session designed to provide organisations with an opportunity to put their questions to a charity and commercial law expert.

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