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Department of Health awards £3.6 million to charities
106 charities around the country will today receive a share of £3.6 million from the Department of Health, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced.
The money is part of a Financial Assistance Fund set up to support charities, which would not otherwise have survived to the end of the financial year. This will enable these organisations to continue their valuable work and supporting thousands of people with a whole range of needs. To qualify for funding, organisations must have robust plans in place for future funding and:
* Contribute to the delivery of DH objectives which no other organisation could provide in the short to medium term;
Or
* Deliver health and/or social care activity and/or support which no other organisation could provide in the short term; and that there will be a considerable knock-on effect on other front line services if the organisation ceased to exist.