Coronavirus

Response Fund

Please note, we are no longer accepting applications into our Coronavirus Response Fund.

We have an exciting new grants programme to assist charities and voluntary groups supporting local residents and communities to cope, and find a long-term and sustainable pathway to recovery following the pandemic.

We have built our Surrey Community Fund which allows us, using our local knowledge and expertise, to get the funds to where the need is greatest quickly and efficiently.

Joy Wright, Founder – Emerge Advocacy
2020 has brought many unexpected challenges for us all but once again, I have been totally blown away by the support of the Community Foundation for Surrey. You sprung into action and provided even more resources so that we could push forwards and meet needs. It was hugely encouraging and releasing at a time when there was so much uncertainty everywhere. READ MORE
Michael More-Molyneux, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, CFS Patron
It is extraordinary the extent to which you are managing to provide a lifeline to so many charities in Surrey. Any good cause that I visit, I ask if they have been in contact with the Community Foundation, the answer is invariably ‘oh yes they have been marvellous.’
I send my thanks and congratulations to you and your splendid team, for all you are achieving. READ MORE
Jen Clay, Fundraising and Partnership Manager – Oakleaf Enterprise
The grant from the emergency fund, that was one of the very first grants we received. And I remember it being such a moment of hope, because to be honest, that was at the start where we really were concerned whether Oakleaf was financially going to make it through this. READ MORE
Chris Hickford, Chief Executive – The Eikon Charity
Can I say how impressive the Foundation has been through this crisis. The speed in which you mobilised and the success you’ve had in raising additional funds and allocating them in a simplified way is nothing short of remarkable. I know the whole sector is immensely grateful to you. READ MORE

Case Studies

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Domestic abuse charity, Your Sanctuary, has been providing lifesaving support to survivors of domestic abuse since 1977. The Community Foundation for Surrey is a long-term supporter of Your Sanctuary, having awarded 19 grants to the local charity over the past 11 years.

Sanctuary for Survivors

Domestic abuse charity, Your Sanctuary, has been providing lifesaving support to survivors of domestic abuse since 1977. The Community Foundation for Surrey is a long-term supporter of Your Sanctuary, having awarded 19 grants to the local charity over the past 11 years. READ MORE

SURREY CHARITIES DESPERATELY IN NEED OF FURTHER FUNDING

1 in 8 people living in the UK expect to seek support from a charity or voluntary body in the next 12 months, as a direct result of challenges created by Covid-19. For more than half (61%) of these people, it will be the first time they have ever sought charitable support. The Community Foundation for Surrey urges local support to alleviate the urgent pressures facing our communities. READ MORE

east to west is a Surrey based charity supporting over 1,000 local children, young people and their families. We learn how their effective mental health support is making a difference across Surrey.

Building relationships and growing with our young people

east to west is a Surrey based charity supporting over 1,000 local children, young people and their families. We learn how their effective mental health support is making a difference across Surrey. READ MORE

A big thank you to our Donors and Partners

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Response Fund grants awarded by Borough

NEW REPORT

Surrey Coronavirus Response Fund

Our support for Surrey, delivered together

Our new report celebrates the resilience of Surrey’s voluntary sector and its generous local residents, businesses, councils and partners that have come together and enabled over

£2.7 million of vital funding to be distributed to those working on the frontlines during months of challenges and uncertainty.

Read more about our report here!

As we move into a period where restrictions are being gradually lifted there is a sense that life will start to move back towards normality. However, for many, the impact of the pandemic will continue for some considerable time to come.

We have built our Surrey Community Fund which allows us, using our local knowledge and expertise, to get the funds to where the need is greatest quickly and efficiently.

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Data and Insights

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Reduced Income

Many organisations have seen significant proportions of their traditional funding streams cancelled during the pandemic and many are experiencing huge un-forecasted and unplanned losses of income. READ MORE

The National Emergencies Trust reported that one in six UK adults have sought charitable help in recent months as a direct result of the pandemic. For 70% of them it was the first time they had ever sought support from the sector. This is anticipated to continue. READ MORE

The National Domestic Abuse helpline saw a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help in the first couple of weeks after lockdown, according to the charity, Refuge. Find out how we are supporting charities with this increased demand. READ MORE

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Coronavirus

Response Fund

Joy Wright, Founder – Emerge Advocacy

Michael More-Molyneux, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, CFS Patron

Jen Clay, Fundraising and Partnership Manager – Oakleaf Enterprise

Chris Hickford, Chief Executive – The Eikon Charity