# Extra £2.25m funding for Welsh voluntary sector

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/29/extra-2-25m-funding-for-welsh-voluntary-sector/
- Published: 2021-06-29T09:11:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**WCVA ****(Wales Council for Voluntary Action) will distribute an additional £2.25m
funding to the voluntary sector in the Welsh Government’s third phase of its Third
Sector Resilience Fund, it was announced yesterday. **

Speaking at the official launch of [gofod3](https://gofod3.cymru/) – cancelled last
year because of the pandemic, and this year a five-day, online event – the First
Minister Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS announced the news as he outlined his government’s
vision for the voluntary sector in Wales. 

Ahead of his speech, the First Minister said: 

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> “The Welsh Government will continue to support the Third Sector and its very important
> work. We are launching the latest Third Sector Resilience Fund, which will help
> protect Third Sector organisations that are still vulnerable and put others on
> a sounder footing.
>  
> “We will again work with [WCVA](https://wcva.cymru/) to distribute these funds
> and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for the work that they have
> done over the past year to support the sector.”

The Third Sector Resilience Fund for Wales has provided support to 235 voluntary
sector organisations in Wales since April 2020. The £2.25m is in addition to the
£24m of support previously announced by Welsh Government and will move away from
the previous mixture of grant and interest free loan, offering up to a £50k ‘survive
and thrive’ grant to voluntary sector organisations. For this phase of funding, 
WCVA will prioritise organisations not previously been funded from the first two
phases of this fund and those delivering support to people with protected characteristics.

For more information about the fund, organisations should email si*@**va.cymru.

Ruth Marks, Chief Executive of WCVA, said: 

> “We are thrilled to be working with Welsh Government again, distributing vital
> funds to the voluntary sector. The third phase of this particular fund – Third
> Sector Resilience Fund – will focus on supporting the sector to ‘survive and thrive’
> while working towards a fair and just recovery, which is why the decision to prioritise
> organisations working with protected characteristics has been made. Providing 
> this funding is a deliberate – and welcome – decision on the part of Welsh Government
> to support volunteers, charities and social enterprises in Wales, most of whom
> are proving essential in the national response to Covid-19.”

gofod3 is being held between Monday 28 June and Friday 2 July this year. WCVA is
expecting up to 700 attendees to participate in over 60 free events, including masterclasses,
panel debates and workshops to navigate a new working post-Covid landscape. 

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