# NET Coronavirus Appeal raises almost £100 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/03/18/net-coronavirus-appeal-raises-almost-100m/
- Published: 2021-03-18T09:15:59+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The National Emergencies Trust’s Coronavirus Appeal, which launched a year ago
today on 18 March 2020, has now raised more than £97 million for people affected
by the pandemic.**

 

£94 million of this has already funded 13,000+ charitable projects across the UK’s
four nations.

## 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/)

 

£76.5million in funding has been distributed through UKCF and its network of 47 
community foundations across the UK to enable local charities and groups to respond
to urgent needs created by the pandemic. Top needs have included:

 * 32% of this funding has ensured food and vital essentials reach those who need
   them
 * 23% has helped to support people’s mental health and wellbeing through lockdowns
 * 10% has enabled local charities to offer services to reduce social isolation*

A further £16.6million of the total has been distributed through ten national charity
partners, each one helping to ensure that funds reach groups with particular, unmet
needs. These include: Age UK, Barnardo’s, Comic Relief, Cruse Bereavement Care, 
DPO Covid-19 Coalition led by Disability Action NI, Heads Together, the LGBT+ Consortium,
Refuge, Shelter and The Refugee Council.

 

General The Lord Richard Dannatt, Chair of the [National Emergencies Trust](https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/),
said:

> “In an incredibly challenging year, the public, UK businesses, and charitable 
> trusts and foundations have come together to raise incredible sums of money for
> those in need. The [Coronavirus Appeal](https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/coronavirus/)
> has already helped to fund more than 13,000 projects that have made a real difference
> to people’s lives.”
> “The creativity and tenacity that UK charities have shown has also been a privilege
> to witness. They’ve delivered food to the doorsteps of those shielding, transferred
> vital support services online and conceived all manner of ways to bring communities
> together, from Zoom Zumba to virtual choirs.”

The National Emergencies Trust was launched in November 2019 by HRH The Duke of 
Cambridge, just four months before it activated its Coronavirus Appeal, to provide
the UK with one trusted place to give during domestic disasters. It collaborates
with charities and other bodies across the UK to ensure that emergency funding reaches
those in need as fast, and as fairly, as possible.

 

Mhairi Sharp, CEO of the National Emergencies Trust, said:

> “We didn’t expect that our first emergency appeal would be for a global pandemic,
> but this past year has proven not only that our model works, but how quickly the
> nation comes together in times of great need. The speed and scale of donors’ generosity,
> meant charities across the UK started to receive funding from the Appeal within
> a week, enabling them to offer vital support and services just as the first national
> lockdown started. They’ve worked tirelessly to help people ever since.”