Tag: National Emergencies Trust

National Emergencies Trust Announces First New Charity Partners to Enhance Support for At Risk Groups

Stuart Mitchell

The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is announcing plans to distribute £12million of funds from its Coronavirus Appeal to a range of charity partnerships offering targeted support to some of the UK’s most at risk groups. Each partner will provide support to a disproportionately impacted group that NET believes may have been underserved through the pandemic so far, according to its own detailed gap analysis. This analysis reviewed Coronavirus Appeal grants data to-date, as well as other funding made available to groups from external sources, to identify key areas of unmet…

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NET Urges Charities Helping BAME Communities to Apply for Funding

Stuart Mitchell

The National Emergencies Trust is encouraging more UK charities that support BAME communities to apply for funding from its Coronavirus Appeal, as emerging independent research shows BAME communities are at significantly heightened risk from COVID-19. In the seven weeks since launching its Coronavirus Appeal, the Trust has received more than £60m in pledges and, through its partnership with the UK Community Foundations network, already distributed more than £30m of this to a diverse range of grassroots charities. The central aim of the National Emergencies Trust is to distribute funds as…

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NatWest and RBS matching customer donations to provide £5m to National Emergencies Trust

Stuart Mitchell

NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have announced a donation-matching programme of up to £5m for the National Emergencies Trust (NET) Coronavirus appeal, aimed at leveraging a further £5m of support from the public. The move will mean that from Friday 3rd April, donations to the NET made by Reward Account customers via their Reward account balance, will be topped up on a matched basis up to £5m until the end of June. Reward account customers accrue a balance of Rewards which are earned by holding two or more direct…

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