THE Dorset Community Foundation has used funding from Barclays to support groups who are helping their communities cope with the fallout from the pandemic.
The bank awarded the community foundation more than £12,000 as part of a wider Community Aid Package to UK community foundations to support charities nationwide that are helping people and communities most impacted by Covid-19.
The community foundation’s own Dorset Coronavirus Community Appeal has already distributed £800,000 through more than 200 grants to groups across the county.
Counselling Together in Wimborne was awarded £1,000 to help subsidise sessions for people who have been pulled into poverty by the virus. Service manager Katherine Strickland said the grant will be used in the Christchurch area.