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GRANTS of up to £10,000 are now available for charitable projects that focus on health and wellbeing. Sovereign Housing Association has continued its work for the not-for-profit digital fundraising platform, The Good Exchange, meaning it now has £90,000 to share through a community grants programme. Any group or charity running projects within three miles of Sovereign homes, across the South of England can apply. Further funding will also be announced later on this year. Rachel Peters, Community Development Officer at Sovereign, said: “In the last two years of working with The Good Exchange, we’ve given over £385,000 in grants to 120 community groups, charities and initiatives, including The Berin Centre in South Oxfordshire, Citizens Advice West Berkshire, and Faithworks Wessex’s homelessness and mental health work in Dorset.
The Easter school holiday runs from April 1 to April 16, 2021. The voucher scheme is being funded primarily through the £96,955 recently allocated to West Berkshire from the extended Covid winter grant allowance provided by the government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The council is topping up this allocation with an additional £12,415 to cover the full expected cost of implementation. Details on how the vouchers will be implemented are being issued to schools and early year settings. Children in school not currently receiving FSMs but considered by the school as vulnerable will be included. Consideration will also be given to children aged between 16 and 18 years, and children in cross border education settings.