Barking & Dagenham gets £100,000 Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund
We are really pleased to report that the community in Barking and Dagenham is set to benefit from an injection of £100,000 from the Lankelly Chase Foundation in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The borough has received £100,000 in the Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund, and will be held by Barking and Dagenham Renew, a charity launched by the council, and will then be distributed by Barking and Dagenham Giving, the borough’s new platform for giving in the community.
ELBA’ s CEO is Chair of Barking and Dagenham Giving, and ELBA works with the organisation, as well as other community organisations in the borough, and so understands the need well. In an interview in the ‘Barking and Dagenham’ newspaper, Ian said:
“We know that the most disadvantaged communities have been the hardest hit by C-19. Many people have lost their jobs or face reduced income. People in precarious employment and self-employment have been badly hit. Some families are facing food shortages and many people are isolated and lonely. There has been a fantastic community response to helping people in need – but this generous emergency response fund seeded by Lankelly Chase will allow Barking and Dagenham Giving to work with the grassroots organisations and the communities most affected to get funding and resources where they are needed most – and for the organisations and residents themselves to direct how the funding is spent.”
