COVID19 - Food and Essentials (360G-CFSurrey-A553789)
Funding Organization
£2,234
Recipient Organization
Funding toward the purchase of equipment to enable a nationwide organisation, working in Woking, to help keep government recommendations whilst shopping for the isolated and elderly, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 2234 |
| Amount Awarded | 2234 |
| Award Date | 2020-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E07000217 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | NMD |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Woking |
| Grant Programme: Code | Surrey Response Fund 8 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Coronavirus Response |
| Impact Category | Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services |
| Last Modified | 2021-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Seniors (65+) |
| Primary beneficiary | Older People |
| Primary issue | Health and Wellbeing |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 226064 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a national organisation with a registered address in London. FotE has been supporting people for over 100 years. In 1905, The Church Army League of Friends of the Poor was founded following an appeal by The Church Army’s founder, Wilson Carlisle, for volunteers to befriend poor families. In 1911, Friends of the Poor became an independent organisation and changed its name to Friends of the Elderly in 1972. The charity’s first grants service was established in 1905 and, in 1914, the charity received over 28,000 letters from people requesting support. The grants service provides financial help in the form of one-off grants and regular allowances for people of state retirement age. Additionally, FotE’s community services support people to remain living independently in their own homes and FotE’s care homes provide residential, nursing and specialist dementia care. The charity also aims to reduce loneliness across communities with a range of volunteer led activities and services. The Visiting Friends befriending service is a volunteer home visiting service which is ideal for people who live alone in the Woking area. The Visiting Friends befriending service in Woking started in 2000 and has 1 paid member of staff, 38 volunteers and 7 members of FotE engagement management team. FotE also runs the Community Connector programme at the Woking Hub. This provides and personalised short-term interventions for clients who struggle to access services. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.fote.org.uk/ |