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Royal Foundation announces £1.8m to support frontline workers & mental health

Melanie May | 27 July 2020 | News

The Royal Foundation has granted nearly £1.8 million to charities providing support for mental health and frontline services.
Ten charities are receiving grants through the Royal Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The Fund, in partnership with NHS England, is the Foundation’s first crisis response fund. It aims support the nation’s mental health both now, and in the months and years ahead, and the grants will help mental health charities increase their capacity for helpline and chat services to meet rising demand.
Through the grants, all emergency responders will have access to individual grief trauma counselling from Hospice UK, while over 250,000 emergency responders will have access to peer-to-peer support through Mind’s Blue Light programme.
In addition the grants will enable:

Funding will also work to build the capacity of the Heads Together partners as they work together on campaigning activity to directly address the nation’s mental health as the population adjusts to life after Covid-19.
Speaking to frontline workers and mental health counsellors last week, The Duchess of Cambridge said:

“Over recent months we have all been in awe of the incredible work that frontline staff and emergency responders have been doing in response to COVID-19, but we know that for many of them, their families, and for thousands of others across the UK, the pandemic will have a lasting impact on their mental health.”

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