Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity and Hope Into Action among charities helped by support fund

Ten charities in Mid Sussex have been awarded funding as part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’s £200million emergency funding pool.
By Carly-May Kavanagh
Published 11th Dec 2020, 12:45 BST
The funding came from the office of Mid Sussex Conservative MP Mims Davies. Pic Steve Robards SR20021703The funding came from the office of Mid Sussex Conservative MP Mims Davies. Pic Steve Robards SR20021703
The funding came from the office of Mid Sussex Conservative MP Mims Davies. Pic Steve Robards SR20021703

Organisations which work with vulnerable people, often on the frontline, were allocated funding.

Jane Plumb, chief executive and founder of Group B Strep Support, which received funding, said: “We were delighted to receive £10,000 from the Covid Community Support Funding scheme in support of our helpline services.

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“Like many other charities, 2020 has been an incredibly hard year and our income has dropped significantly while the need for our services remained high.

“Our helpline continues to support hundreds of families a month who have questions about group B Strep, and what it can mean for their baby.”

The other charities were Signposts (Mid Sussex) Ltd, Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity, Jigsaw (South East), Age UK East Grinstead & District, Hope Into Action: Mid Sussex, Shabash Cricketers UK, IMPACT Foundation, Sussex Search and Rescue (SusSAR), and Community Transport Sussex CIO.

Mims Davies, MP for Mid Sussex, said: “This is truly wonderful to hear and undoubtedly very welcome news for these organisations who have remained serving our vulnerable communities in various ways throughout the pandemic.”