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Top charities launch coronavirus emergency fund for vulnerable children

High profile charities have come together to form a £5m coronavirus emergency response fund to support vulnerable children and families.
Buttle UK's latest report showed 47 per cent of families could not afford food as lockdown lifted. Picture: Buttle UK
Buttle UK's latest report showed 47 per cent of families could not afford food as lockdown lifted. Picture: Buttle UK

Children’s grant fund Buttle UK has established The Covid-19 Direct Emergency Response for Children and Young People Fund, backed by National Lottery funding.

The National Lottery Community Fund has pledged to deliver £2m in grants to support vulnerable children and young people worst affected by the crisis as part of its emergency response.

High profile funders including Comic Relief, Masonic Charitable Foundation and Garfield Weston Foundation have also contributed to the fund meaning a total of £5m is available, before the end of March 2021, to help children living in poverty and who are at risk of being left behind by the pandemic.  

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