Local charities, community and voluntary groups are playing a crucial role in ensuring the most disadvantaged people are not forgotten during the coronavirus pandemic, but many are struggling financially due to the cancellation of fundraising events. In Bristol the Quartet Community Foundation makes a big difference to people’s lives as part of its work with a number of community-based organisations - and to help them continue to do that we’re donating £50,000 from our DLG Community Fund to its Coronavirus 2020 Response Fund.

Our donation will help charities in the Bristol area keep up their great work through the crisis. It will provide local charities, community and voluntary groups with grants so they can continue to ensure children and elderly people have good food, people can get advice on benefits and have access to mental health support. The Foundation aims to change many people’s lives for the better this way across the West of England.

“Thanks to this wonderfully generous donation from Direct Line Group, Quartet Community Foundation is able to get money quickly to local projects at the frontline of helping people. We’re so very grateful to all of you for your support and I’d love to visit your Bristol office when we’re allowed to meet face to face in the future. Thank you again and stay safe.”

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