# London Community Response Fund receives £12 million boost - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/08/04/london-community-response-fund-receives-12m-boost/ - Published: 2020-08-04T08:00:43+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The London Community Response Fund (LCRF), which is helping organisations continue providing vital services through the pandemic, has received a boost of £12 million.**     ## 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/)   City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, has pledged £5 million to the fund, with a further £7 million coming from The National Lottery Community Fund.       This brings the total pledged to the [London Community Response Fund](http://www.londoncommunityresponsefund.org.uk) to over £25 million, including £11 million from City Bridge Trust, £5 million from the Mayor of London and donations from 15 other funders and companies.       Dhruv Patel, Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s City Bridge Trust Committee, said:       > “The LCRF has already played a hugely important role in helping London’s charities > and voluntary organisations across the capital which are doing critical work on > the coronavirus frontline to cope with the impact of the pandemic. “The new funding > we’ve committed and the funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks > to National Lottery players, means the LCRF can support more organisations and > help more vulnerable people right across the capital.”       The London Community Response Fund forms part of the wider London Community Response, co-ordinated by membership network London Funders, which has brought together over 60 funders committed to distributing over £40 million together since it was set up at the start of the pandemic.       One of the organisations which has benefitted from LCRF funding is [Rushey Green Time Bank](http://www.rgtb.org.uk),( main image) based in Lewisham. It helps match volunteers with time and skills to share with opportunities to help. During the pandemic, it has run the borough’s COVID-19 Lewisham Local response hub in partnership with three other charities, delivering 10,000 food parcels and offering telephone befriending, practical help, information and guidance.       The grant of £73,352 it received enabled it and its partner charities – Voluntary Services Lewisham, Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, Lewisham Foodbank – to increase staffing and premises capacity and improve internal systems and infrastructure, to ensure they could meet surging demand for their services.        **Phillipe Granger, Rushey Green Time Bank Chief Executive, said:**       > “When the pandemic began, we very quickly had to adapt our services to ensure > we could help those in need, and it’s been an incredible experience working so > closely with other organisations and benefitting from the unique expertise each > has to offer. “The London Community Response Fund grant was a game-changer and > was vital to ensure the hub could continue with the confidence it could meet demand. > We’re so grateful for the simple and easy way organisations like ours are quickly > able to access the funds we need to make a difference on the ground.”       Information on how to apply to the fund is available on its [dedicated site](https://www.londoncommunityresponsefund.org.uk/). * **[£5 million available for City of London community projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/09/16/5m-available-for-city-of-london-community-projects/)**( 16 September 2020) * **[£3mn available to help charities tackle violence against women & girls](https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/08/17/3mn-available-to-help-charities-tackle-violence-against-women-girls/)**( 17 August 2023) * **[ULEZ scrappage grants for charities to rise from Monday for non-compliant minibuses](https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/08/18/ulez-scrappage-grants-for-charities-to-rise-from-monday-for-non-compliant-minibuses/)**( 18 August 2023) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)