Focus will be on providing grants to groups for activities that provide immediate relief in response, including those BAME groups we know are seeking to help people disproportionately negatively affected by the virus 

The following examples may help in shaping people’s understanding of priority: 

• Support for vulnerable and older people in their homes, providing food and medicines       
• Funding for community groups that are linked into the hubs being created to coordinate the above       
• Special provision of crisis services for rough sleepers and those living in temporary accommodation with changed practices to keep clients and staff as safe as possible   

• Free takeaway lunches and online youth services for young people in a very disadvantaged area, supported by local volunteers  
• Non-perishable food and essential living and baby items for distribution to destitute refugees and asylum seekers  
• To reach (with support and information) local residents who don’t have access to the internet/smartphones – via self-care packages, coordinating volunteers and keeping the local ‘hub’ accessible to them.