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Helen Wade from Ferries Family Group - one of the grant recipients More than 70 community groups from across Wirral are to receive funding to help them re-open their buildings and safely welcome back members and customers. Almost £250,000 has been awarded to the groups from Wirral Council’s ‘Social Sector Setting Road to Recovery Fund’, which is part of the authority’s Covid Winter Grant Fund from the Department for Work and Pensions. A wide range of community buildings will bene...

Families in need are getting extra government support in time for Christmas The £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme announced last month is already in action, as vulnerable families across England get help through councils. From: 18 December 2020 “No child should have to worry about food or warmth this winter” says Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey Eating and heating are priorities for the scheme, backed by the Department for Work and Pensions. Supermarket vouchers, winte...