FUND TO SUPPORT CHARITY SECTOR DURING COVID-19 CRISIS

1. Title: FUND TO SUPPORT CHARITY SECTOR DURING COVID-19 CRISIS2. Awarding Authority: Department for Communities, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The funding programme will provide financial support to charities which have lost income due to the impact of COVID-19 and are unable to cover unavoidable costs until September 30th 2020.The programme will provide up to £75,000 for eligible organisations and will be administered on behalf of the Department for Communities by The National Lottery Community Fund. The amount of funding required to cover immediate costs and prevent short term closure will vary for each organisation. Organisations wishing to avail of the fund must meet a number of eligibility points including:Charities that can demonstrate that their fundraising or trading income has reduced due to the impact of COVID -19 and they have unavoidable costs to cover up to 30/9/2020.Charities whose unavoidable costs cannot be covered by existing grants or public funding and are therefore at risk of imminent collapseCharities that have not received other COVID -19 financial support from NI Executive departments such as the Department for the Economy Small Business Support; Retail, Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Grant; Microbusiness Hardship Fund or the £6.5m funding provided by the Department of Finance for hospices and charities.5. CPV Code(s): 98000000, 98133000, 98130000, 85320000, 752000006. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN067. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA has said a £15.5million COVID-19 Charities Fund to help local charities facing financial difficulties as a result of the current public health emergency, will open on Monday 15 June. 10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: Further information is available from: # funding opportunity# COVID-19