The Government recently announced the £170 million COVID Winter Grant Scheme which aims to support children and families and other vulnerable people most in need with food, bills and other essentials over the winter period. Blackburn with Darwen Council is now in the process of planning the delivery of the scheme and would like to put a call out for expressions of interest from organisations and businesses across the borough who may be in a position to support this between 1st December and 31st March 2021.
The Council is looking for groups and organisations who deliver a service in BwD and can support with one or both of the following: –
Please respond by email to bewell.together@blackburn.gov.uk by 5pm Wednesday 25th November with the following information: –
Apologies for the tight timescale but the Council are having to pull this programme together at pace to be able to deliver from 1st December.
Please note – the Council are expecting a considerable number of expressions of interest and may not be able to provide grant funding to all interested organisations. However, they do hope that all organisations will continue to support them in identifying vulnerable residents who would benefit from the range of support being developed.