Coronavirus - Resources and Information

Useful resources for charities, voluntary and community groups during Coronavirus pandemic

• Kent County Council’s inside track
• View all issues of inside track newsletter 
• NCVO advice on Coronavirus
  
• Government advice for charity sector
• Charity Excellence Framework toolkit, including Coronavirus assessment and resources
• The Ethical Property Foundation - free property advice and information for charities
• Charities Aid Foundations - Helpful resources to help your charity to 'Survive, Adapt and Thrive'
  
• Charity Bank Resource Hub for Charities and Social Enterprises
• The Henry Smith Charity, County Grants - Grants of £500 - £20,000 for organisations with an annual income of up to £250k (up to £1m if activities are county-wide) for costs such as running costs, salaries, projects and small capital projects or expenditure
• Colyer Fergusson - Grants for small charities and community groups
  

Other emergency funding for charitable organisations

• After searching through over 350 funds for Kent earlier in 2020, we created a useful document listing sources of emergency funding specifically for Kent. View the document here.
  

• CURRENTLY PAUSED - The National Lottery Community Fund, emergency funding

• Two application streams with no income restrictions

• Awards for All - £300 to £10K - crisis response. Funding to be spent within six months. CURRENTLY PAUSED
• Reaching Communities - £10K to £100K – crisis response & resilience. Funding to be spent within six months. CURRENTLY PAUSED
  
  “Normal” grant-making is suspended, but if you have an ongoing Lottery grant, they may be able to offer you flexibility regarding the grant's focus. Either contact your Grants Officer or contact the central office 028 9568 0143 or general.enquiries@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk 
  
  
Charities Aid Foundations Coronavirus Resilience Fund
• Other sources of funding via Ian McLintock, founder of the free Charity Excellence Framework

Useful services for Kent communities

See our Useful Information for Individuals page.

Funding for individuals from Kent Community Foundation

KCF's Coronavirus Emergency Hardship Fund is now closed, however, our 'usual' funds for individuals are still open for applications as usual. 

See our funding for Individuals page for further detail. 

Please do not apply via the Coronavirus Emergency Fund application form.

Other useful contacts 

• Stronger Kent Communities (SKC) - Cross Kent
  
• Imago Community
  
• Red Zebra - East Kent - Ashford, Thanet, Folkestone
  
• Medway CVS - Medway
  
• NWK CVS - Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley
  
• Swale CVS - Swale
  
• Kent Coast Volunteering - Thanet, Ashford, Folkestone
  
• Canterbury & Herne Bay Volunteer Centre - Canterbury & Herne Bay
  
• Ashford Volunteer Centre - Ashford
  
• NWK Volunteer Centre - Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley
  
• Medway Volunteer Centre (Hands) - Medway
  
• Funding for All - Cross Kent
• Action for Communities in Rural Kent - Cross Kent