Since funding charity Greenham Trust launched its Coronavirus Appeal in March 2020, generous local residents, businesses and funders have donated over £420,000. This has enabled much needed funding to be given to many local charitable organisations helping those impacted by COVID including:
- £48,688 to Fair Close Centre (Age UK) for the continuation and expansion of the Meals on Wheels service and a further £14,358 to equip the on-site restaurant and to make it Covid19 secure
- £40,559 to Newbury Community Resource Centre to provide essential household goods to families in need and a further £18,244 for telephone support, food parcels and other deliveries
- £12,708 to Dingley’s Promise for remote support, activity packs and learning tools for children with disabilities and their families
- £7,246 to Loose Ends for food and food container to provide hot food for local homeless people
- £5,000 for the core costs of Younger People with Dementia to enable them to support their members remotely during the pandemic
- £4,662 to Age Concern Hampshire for Emergency Food Parcels for vulnerable residents in North Hampshire
- £3,500 to No. 5 Young People for urgent telephone support and counselling for young people struggling with mental health issues during the pandemic
- £3,143 to FLAGDV for a contribution to salary costs for additional time preventing and dealing with domestic abuse exacerbated during lockdown.
Smaller grants up to £1,000 have also been made to 42 local organisations
