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Tesco Community Champion John Bailey and ManHealth's Paul Bannister A TESCO store has donated thousands to local charities and causes to help them recover from the Covid pandemic. The Bag Of Help scheme runs across all Tesco stores, each store has three local charities and cause that money will go to. The amount of money is decided on how many in store votes the cause received from customers. Due to Covid no voting has been allowed in the Bishop Auckland store so a panel has been meeting up and awarding £1,000 to groups who have applied, and the latest three groups received their fun...

Published: 6:00 PM February 25, 2021    Ottery Help Scheme supporters, pictured before lockdown, have received a surge of support from volunteers - Credit: Ottery Help Scheme An army of volunteers has stepped forward in Ottery to offer their support to unpaid carers who are battling through lockdown. Ottery Help Scheme, the town’s long-established community charity, has seen a surge of interest from residents keen to play their part in helping others in a time of crisis. Chief officer Emily Lezzeri said: “The demands of lockdown on carers has been tremendous. They do great work but it g...

UK Government provides devolved administration in Wales with additional £650 million to help tackle coronavirus Funding can be spent now or carried over to spend in 2021/22 financial year, providing vital and unprecedented flexibility Money is in addition to the £5.2 billion already provided for this year through the upfront Barnett guarantee, bringing the total to £5.85 billion The UK Government has provided the Welsh Government with an additional £650 million to support people, businesses and public services affected by coronavirus. This funding brings the total allocated through the Ba...

The Welsh Government welcomes the cash but says it comes "at the 11th hour".