Town Council launches COVID-19 Battle Fund.

Are you involved in a group working in our community to tackle COVID isolation? Yate Town Council has found some money it can divert and set up a Battle Fund. Local groups can apply for emergency cash to help their work. Just go to http://www.yatetowncouncil.gov.uk/council-news/covid-19/ for the form and guidelines. Councillors and staff will turn applications around as quickly as they can. This is on top of the £4000 the Town Council has given to the foodbank so far. Town Councillors and the finance officers are working through every item of spending planned, to see what can be postponed to next year and the money freed up for the fight.

If organisations are looking to use some of their club balances to help the fight, either give it direct to the foodbank, or you could give it to the Town Council Battle Fund.

FOODBANK DONATION

Yate Town Councillors have agreed an emergency donation of £4000 to the Yate Foodbank, as a first step in supporting them and  we are working on a Corona Battle Fund to help local groups. Watch out for the process and criteria in the next few days.  If others want to get involved in this do please contact the town council

Their work is going to be more vital than ever as people are laid off or lose jobs, or vital overtime.