Community Investment Fund

Sanctuary’s Community Investment Fund awards grants for community initiatives which provide vital support for Sanctuary residents and the amazing local groups supporting them through the Covid-19 crisis.

This could include, but is not limited to:

• Job losses

• Mental health

-Money management

• Health and wellbeing

• Social isolation

Funding can also directly support community groups who need to change the way they engage with and offer support to Sanctuary residents due to the pandemic; examples include:

• Moving services online and telephone based

• Distributing activity or food packs for vulnerable families not able to access usual sessions and groups

• Setting up a community hub to connect residents to local support services

• Purchasing extra household cleaning products to allow support services to remain operational and safe for the public to attend

• Support with setting up a household and medication delivery service

Deadline: Continuous rolling programme.

Create:

• A virtual network for community partners across the country to share insight, build capacity and maximise impact for customers.
• A revised approach to evaluation, in consultation with community partners and community investment professionals across Sanctuary resulting in:
• Simplifying what we measure and report, focusing on what is helpful and streamlining the process for recipients of our support.
• Improving our evaluation systems, to enhance our ability to analyse and share insight.