The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK: COVID–19 Emergency Fund

Archived Animal Welfare Arts, culture and heritage COVID-19/Coronavirus environment Health promotion Health, wellbeing and sport Healthcare services Human rights and equality Medical conditions Medical research People with disabilities Performing arts Poverty and deprivation Rescue and emergency Social inclusion Social welfare and poverty Visual arts and media Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Micro (up to £1,000)

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Overview

Who can apply:

The organisation must be a charity, CIC or registered society
The organisation’s income must be no more than £500,000 and have free reserves of no more than £100,000
The organisation must operate in one of the following categories:
- Education relating to non-domestic animals (this includes animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal welfare and surgery, and organic farming). Applications concerning domestic animals like dogs and cats are not accepted
- Visual and performing arts;
- Medical research;
- The relief of disability or severe illness;
- The accommodation of those in need.
The application must relate to the financial impact of COVID-19, starting no earlier than 1 March 2020;
Applications will not be accepted from ‘Friend’s-Of’ charities;
The applicant’s beneficiaries must be primarily in the UK.

What can the funds be used for:

Staff costs and other overheads (except where staff are not required and/or staff could have been furloughed) where income has been affected by COVID-19 or the lockdown;
Increased demand for services linked directly to COVID-19 or the lockdown;
Changes to working practices, such as the purchase of laptops or remote access technology, protective equipment to work safely with beneficiaries;
Deep cleaning of premises because of a confirmed case of COVID-19.

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