Emergency Grant Funding for the Elderly and the Vulnerable Now Available

Dorset Community Foundation is offering grants to individuals and organisations looking to help the elderly and the vulnerable in the county this winter.

The newly launched Keep Warm, Keep Well, Keep Safe Fund offers grants to support individuals as well as organisations and community groups who are working with elderly and vulnerable people.

Individual help is available for heating repairs, paying fuel and electric bills, purchase of warm clothing and anything to do with preventing potential cold related deaths, fuel poverty and social isolation during the winter months.

Grants are also available for community groups, charities, residents associations and neighbourhood watch schemes that are planning, or wish to organise Social Inclusion Activities, Good Neighbour Projects and undertake gritting and clearing of snow activities during the winter.

Dorset Community Foundation is working in partnership with local community groups and organisations such as Synergy Housing, Dorset Energy Advice Centre , Citizens Advice Bureaus, the NHS and Dorset Fire and Rescue Services. All of whom are all committed to reducing cold related deaths, fuel poverty and social isolations amongst the elderly and vulnerable in Dorset this winter.

For applications and further fund criteria please visit www.dorsetcommunityfoundation.org

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By Heidi Rees (Bournemouth 2026 Partnership)

Posted: Friday 3 February 2012

Permalink: http://www.bournemouth2026.org.uk/grant-funding-for-elderly

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