Grant to Morar Community Trust (GB-SC-SC022910-FR-0055585)
Funding Organization
£4,500
Recipient Organization
To continue the provision of food and emergency relief for local families who are experiencing hardship and to introduce a formal coordinating role to the project, which will support families to maintain positive physical health and wellbeing. The grant
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 5000 |
| Amount Awarded | 4500 |
| Award Date | 2020-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | S01010506 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | DZ |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Lochaber West - 03 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Response Recovery and Resilience (CLOSED) |
| Last Modified | 2024-05-18T06:02:31Z |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 2 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2020-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2020-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | SC039820 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | SC344629 |
| Recipient Org: Description | a) We are a community trust completely run by volunteers with our overarching objective being the promotion of rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation. We run community projects -gala days, sport and arts activities and a longstanding work in progress is to manage/ improve our local sports field and build a community pavilion/ hub thereon. We live in an area of geographic disadvantage as we have a very low population density and our organisation exists as a vehicle through which the community can (potentially) access funding to support the locality in its improvement. The trust has over 80 members from the village of Morar which has 200 people. Nearby Mallaig has a population of around 800 and for the purposes of COVID-19 relief we have combined with Morar and Mallaig Community Councils to provide emergency support to those in need during the crisis. b) A small discreet space in the Mallaig and Morar Community Centre was hired ; fridges, freezers, sanitisers, PPE and so on were then purchased and a community larder was set up. In addition, during the lockdown period other supplies were provided - eg reading and writing materials and children's games. The food larder was most definitely needed, was appropriately used ,and is ongoing. In the initial lockdown period the monthly community newspaper was delivered free to every household as this was felt to provide community inclusiveness for those in isolation. The larder is supervised and cared for by volunteers but it is not "manned" as such and is ongoing. This area is heavily dependent on tourism and people expect to accumulate reserves in summer which would normally see them through the winter but as a result of lockdown and other measures having disrupted this year's "season" the crisis is likely to have its greatest economic impact this coming winter. In addition to food scarcity there may be a need to assist with fuel, for example and we need to be prepared to provide emergency assistance. The funds would be used to avert the worst of potentially dangerous outcomes for vulnerable people and those made vulnerable in the continuing Covid-19 pandemic as it unfolds through the coming winter months . This is to be a safety net in uncharted waters. All our activities have been managed by volunteers but over the winter we'd hope to provide some funding for a little formal assistance in order to have a focussed individual coordinating this next phase. There are additional difficulties as weather deteriorates and with shorter days. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.morar.org.uk |