# UKCF launches UK-wide flood appeal - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/08/uk-wide-flood-appeal-launched/ - Published: 2016-01-08T09:00:04+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **UK Community Foundations (UKCF) has launched a UK-wide appeal to help all the regions affected by this winter’s floods.** The money raised by its [Winter Flood Recovery Appeal](https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/ukwinterfloodrecoveryappeal)**** will be distributed to the UKCF’s member community foundations to be used where needed. A number of these foundations in areas affected by the floods have already set up their own [appeals](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/04/10-appeals-raising-funds-ease-uk-flood-devastation/). According to UKCF, Cumbria and Lancashire Community Foundations have so far raised more than £4,000,000 working together, including Government match funding of £1,000,000. The Government has also pledged to match every pound of the first £2 million raised in the wake of Christmas’s Storm Eva. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Fabian French, CEO of UK Community Foundations said: > “Community foundations in the areas affected by the floods are already carrying > out crucial work. In the long-term, community foundations will also provide grants > for rebuilding projects. It is vital that we do all we possibly can to channel > funds to the relevant community foundations where they can do the most good.” * **[Walmart donates to UK flood appeal](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/29/walmart-donation-boosts-flood-appeal/)**( 29 January 2016) * **[Winter Flood Recovery Appeals raise £14.6 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/18/winter-flood-recovery-appeals-raise-14-6m/)**( 18 April 2016) * **[ShelterBox asks people to hold a candlelit fundraising feast](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/08/21/shelterbox-asks-people-hold-candlelit-fundraising-feast/)**( 21 August 2017)