# Covid-related recovery fund opens for Kent charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/12/14/covid-related-recovery-fund-opens-for-kent-charities/
- Published: 2020-12-14T08:40:40+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Kent County Council is making grants of £5,000-£10,000 available for charities
to help their post-Covid recovery.**

 

[Kent Community Foundation](https://kentcf.org.uk/) is administering the new [Strategic Recovery Fund](https://kentcf.org.uk/funding/KCC-strategic-recovery-fund)
on behalf of Kent County Council to help organisations in its district adapt to 
the post Covid-19 “new normal”.

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The grants can be used to purchase one-off support across a range of areas including:

 

 * Business planning/operational review and strategy
 * Income generation review and strategy
 * Financial review and strategy
 * Website upgrade/digital skills
 * Marketing/social media enhancements
 * Specialist time-limited intervention
 * Training

 

[Applications](https://kentcf.org.uk/funding/KCC-strategic-recovery-fund) are open
until 22 January, and applicants should identify the support they need and the providers/
consultant they intend to work with and cost this as part of their application. 
Grants, once received, should be spent within six months.

 

Josephine McCartney, Chief Executive, Kent Community Foundation, said:

 

> “We are delighted to be able to distribute this funding to organisations across
> Kent.  The Kent County Council Strategic Recovery Fund will support organisations
> to plan for a sustainable future by providing funding to procure external expert
> advice on finance, fundraising, marketing and communication and website development
> as well as training to upskill existing staff. We know that the charitable sector
> in Kent needs help to start thinking about how they can survive the long tail 
> of Covid, and this funding has come at exactly the right time.”

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