A group of charity umbrella bodies has come together to send the Chancellor proposals for a Five Point Plan to provide urgent and much needed support to the sector, ahead of his summer update to Parliament on 8 July 2020.
The Five Point Plan calls for these actions:
- Implementation of a flexible approach and appropriate extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Introduction of the Gift Aid Emergency Relief Package
- Repurposing of and access to the National Fund to support charity services
- Ensuring effective and efficient distribution of the Shared Prosperity Fund
- Creation of a Community Wealth Fund using Dormant Assets
You can read the Five Point Plan letter below.
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There has to be greater appreciation of the social capital that make our communities and economy function. We invest millions in defence and economic development and very little in making our communities strong, resilient and creative.
This is excellent. now is the time for long term thinking like this