The focus of the fund will be to offer community organisations emergency funding to deal with emerging issues in the community, affecting older people (aged 60 and over) and other vulnerable people (high risk, pre-existing medical conditions), as a result of the continuing threat of Covid-19. This will include; the need for self-isolation, financial hardship, potential for hunger, lack of shelter, further exacerbation of health issues, loneliness and isolation of these people.
This fund will support older people or other vulnerable people and help to:
- Reduce isolation and vulnerability during any isolation period that may arise as a result of the threat of Covid 19
- Support ongoing needs of older people, to ensure that their well-being is maintained
- Support any initiative that will help ensure people remain, safely connected with the outside world during this time.
The fund will be used to:
- Tackle the impacts of financial hardship.
- Enable people to keep warm by accessing home heating oil or warm clothes.
- Enable people to access a nutritious meal by connecting them to services providing groceries, and/or ready-made meals.
- Enable and encourage people to use and access technology to keep them connected to the outside world.
- Reach out to isolated people by telephone, and befriending if possible.
- Enable home education for children and young people.
The team says:
We welcome any support you can give at this time. Online donations can be made on our JustGiving page.
If you wish to arrange a BACS transfer, please contact info@cambscf.org.uk for details.
A sincere thank you to everyone who has donated to the appeal already, including all the members of the public who have donated via JustGiving.
For details of the fund and how to apply for grants, please see