# Virgin Media O2’s £500,000 Together Fund to help local charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/04/virgin-media-o2s-500000-together-fund-to-help-local-charities/
- Published: 2021-06-04T00:10:18+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Virgin Media O2’s new Together Fund is offering a total of £500,000 to support
hundreds of local charities across the nation in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.**

Specifically it is designed to support local charities that “champion and celebrate
community spirit, belonging and togetherness across the UK.”

The Together Fund was announced in the week of the launch of Virgin Media O2.

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Grants of £1,000 are available for environmental and community belonging projects.
Funding will be distributed via the Neighbourly platform which has over 16,500 community-
based good causes registered on its platform. Local charities interested in applying
to the Together Fund can register and apply for free at neighbourly.com.

## Together Coalition

[The Together Fund](http://neighbourly.com/virginmediaO2togetherfund) forms part
of Virgin Media O2’s support for the **Together Coalition** which aims to bring 
people together to help build a kinder, closer and more connected society.

Funding will be made available in time for the Together Coalition’s national **[#ThankYouDay](http://thankyouday.org.uk),**
which takes place on Sunday 4th July.

Find out about Thank you Day 2021

In addition to the creation of the Together Fund, Virgin Media O2 will provide additional
funding to existing strategic charity partners Carers UK and The Climate Coalition
to run #ThankYouDay events and activities that promote a sense of community belonging
and inspire positive action to protect nature and the local environment.

Lutz Schüler, CEO of [Virgin Media O2](https://www.virginmedia.com/) said:

> “As one of our first acts as a new business we’ve created a fund dedicated to 
> supercharging hundreds of community-based charities that are already doing incredible
> things.
> “Our broadband and mobile networks already connect millions of people across the
> country, but as a business we’re committed to doing more to bring people together,
> accelerate positive social and environmental change and promote a sense of community
> belonging as we push ahead with our mission to upgrade the UK.“

The Together Fund is open to local charities registered with the Charity Commission
for England and Wales, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or the Office
of Scottish Charity Regulation and with a turnover of less than £1 million.

 * **[Applications open for Asda Bringing Communities Back Together fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/10/applications-open-for-asda-bringing-communities-back-together-fund/)**(
   10 June 2021)
 * **[£50 million partnership to boost National Lottery funding to Black & Minoritised community-led charities & groups](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/07/01/50-million-partnership-to-boost-national-lottery-funding-to-black-minoritised-community-led-charities-groups/)**(
   1 July 2021)
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   30 July 2021)