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Quartet Community Foundation shares community impact over Covid
A new Covid impact from the Quartet Community Foundation highlights just how the charity has been supporting the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSO) sector in the West of England.
Over the past year, the community foundation distributed a record £5.2 million to local communities, supporting over 590,000 people in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Most of this year’s funding was aimed at people in the most deprived areas of the South West, including those self-isolating or shielding, hungry families or people needing mental health support amid pressures of the pandemic.
“During the pandemic we’ve worked like never before, with record levels of funds both raised and distributed,” said Suzanne Rolt, who is the chief executive of Quartet Community Foundation.
“This has only been possible thanks to the generosity of our donors and fundholders. Through their support and by working collaboratively with partner community organisations, we’ve been able to make a significant impact on local lives.”
“We recognise that the need for support across local communities is as high today as it has been throughout the pandemic. This is not a return to business as usual – Quartet is helping organisations to adapt and to work in new ways. This requires longer-term, strategic support.”
Suzanne Rolt and Sue Mountstevens lead Quartet. Credit: Quartet.
Over the pandemic, a total of 930 local projects received Quartet grant funding to help local communities.
Included in the list was Feeding Bristol, where a grant of £52,367 helped them respond to the immediate crisis and lay foundations for longer-term support for families in need.
Bath City Farm is another group that received support from Quartet last year. They used a grant for £8,975 to create opportunities for young people and devised a sheltered outdoor space and the young people are playing an active role, helping to design and build the space. Work on the project is underway and once completed, it will be used for dedicated youth work, including therapeutic and learning activities.
Feeding Bristol were one of 930 projects to receive grant funding through Quartet last year.
To read more about the foundation’s Covid impact, you can visit: https://quartetcf.org.uk/covid-impact-report
Main photo: Feeding Bristol
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