Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 20th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Due to coronavirus provide a financial grant to small and medium sized charities
Smaller charities plug the gaps left by larger charities and UK Governments. More than ever, charities need the Government to support their work or we risk re-opening the gaps they plugged, when the coronavirus is behind us. We need to keep their essential work going or risk losing it for ever.
This petition calls on the Government to urgently and immediately provide a financial grant to small and medium sized charities
• There are over 150,000 charities and voluntary organisations raising less than £5 million in the UK
• 98% of all research charities/voluntary organisations raise less than £5 million
• 41% of UK medical research is funded by charities OR for rarer and complex medical conditions, like brain tumours, the charity/voluntary sector funds nearly 90% of national research
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has announced a £750 million package of support for charities, including grants for smaller charities. The Government has also said it will match fund whatever the public decides to donate to the BBC’s Big Night In charity appeal on 23 April: www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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