Grants for flood resilience and resistance
The Community Foundation Trustees have set aside £0.5m of the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund to support households with flood resistance and resilience. This is in addition to the £362,000 received from South Lakeland, Eden and Allerdale district councils.
Grants will be in the region of £500-£2,000 and households must have been been flooded in November 2009. The usual Flood Recovery Fund eligibility criteria will be applied ie priority will be given to households with low annual incomes, people on benefits, pensioners, disabled people etc.
The Foundation is currently in negotiation with a local supplier so that grant applicants will benefit from a discount should they choose to purchase their items from the supplier.
The Foundation is aware that some households have already purchased items and grants will be considered retrospectively.
Households who have already submitted flood resilience applications do not need to reapply and will be contacted directly by the Foundation.
Full details and application forms should be available here shortly - possibly around the end of June - and from local libraries etc.
Flood Appeal Ceases Active Fundraising for the Flood Recovery Fund Appeal
The trustees of the Community Foundation have decided to stop actively fundraising for the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund Appeal.
We are asking people to stop making new donations or arrange new events for the Appeal because we are in the very fortunate position to be holding sufficient funds to meet the likely demand. If you have already planned to hold an event, please do so as we have made our decision expecting that more money will still come into the Appeal.
The first priority for the Appeal is to help individuals and families and so far we have made 830 awards to individuals and grants worth £1.25m. We continue to make awards daily to people affected by the floods. Demand for the Appeal funds will continue for at least 18 months. We expect to spend all of the Appeal funds. Some quotes from people assisted by the Appeal
“Thank you very much for your cheque for £750. A real lifesaver”
“Very many thanks for the cheque received this morning...this money will help towards our heating costs.... Thank you from two grateful pensioners”
“Thank you very much for such generosity. The cheque will most certainly help with outstanding bills. Life gets a bit tough at times like this and your help has made things a lot easier. Thank you for your friendship and thoughts”
“Thank you so much for the cheque for £500 received from the Fund. At such a stressful and expensive time it means such a lot to us to realise so many people care about us.”
Thank you to everyone who has made it possible for us to provide this assistance.
We set up the Cumbria Flood Recovery Funds for individuals and families and for voluntary groups who suffered in the flooding on 19 November. We are also administering similar funds for three district councils - the Allerdale Borough Council Flood Recovery Fund, Eden District Council Flood Recovery Fund and the South Lakeland District Council Flood Recovery Fund, which primarily offer help with flood resilience work. We are writing to all affected households in these districts about this.
Grants from the Cumbria Flood Recovery Funds are available for individuals and families and for groups supporting them. Please note that we can no longer accept applications for financial hardship because of the closure of the Workington bridges. Individuals may also wish to apply to the United Utilities Trust Fund which, whilst primarily concerned with water charges, can also help with other costs.
National Flood Forum surgeries
Sainsbury's foyer, Cockermouth
Wednesdays from 9 June 830am-noon
Booth's, Keswick Thursdays 10 June-29 July 830am-noon
Bridge Church, Central Square, Workington Wednesdays 9 June-28 July 2-4pm
Full details of the fund are in the appeal document.
Fundraising
If you still doing some fundraising please read our guidance.
Some of the biggest contributors to the fund are
Marstons Beer Company (Jennings Breweries) £178,815
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust £100,000
James Walker and Co Ltd £100,000
Northern Rock Foundation £100,000
Cumbria County Council £52,295
Northwest Regional Development Agency £50,285
Barclays Community Programme £50,000
Iggesund Paperboard (Workington) Ltd £50,000
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority £50,000
Nuclear Management Partners Ltd £50,000
The Methodist Church £38,433
Allerdale Borough Council £25,000
John Laing Charitable Trust £25,000
New Balance Athletic Shoes (UK) Ltd £25,000
Private donation £25,000
British Red Cross £20,000
EH Booth and Co Ltd £20,000
O2 It's Your Community £20,000
Tesco plc £20,000
Cumbria Community Foundation £17,624
Rotary Club of Preston North £16,000
John Gilpin Trust £15,000
Lakeland Ltd (Windermere) £15,000
Good Gifts Catalogue £13,815
Beatrice Laing Trust £12,500
Kirkby Laing Foundation £12,500
Helena Thompson Museum £11.555
Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland District 1190 £10,905
Sir John Fisher Foundation £10,350
Capita Group £10,000
CN Group Ltd £10,000
Cooperative Group Ltd £10,000
Cumberland Building Society £10,000
Foster Wood Foundation £10,000
Frieda Scott Charitable Trust £10,000
GlaxoSmithKline £10,000
Innovia Films £10,000
Leconfield Estates £10,000
Lord Egremont's Charitable Foundation £10,000
Marks and Spencer plc £10,000
National Nuclear Laboratory £10,000
Nuclear Joint Venture £10,000
Private donation £10,000
Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland £10,000
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc £9,106
Theatre by the Lake £9,091
Sellafield Ltd £10,146
St Joseph's Church Cockermouth £8,013
Mr David Ramshaw £8,000
Private charitable trust £7,500
Mills Group Ltd £7,000
Copeland Borough Council £6,739
Britten Sinfonia £6,000
North Cumbria Committee of the Cooperative Group £6,000
and thousands of smaller but equally valuable donations
For general information about the floods for volunteers or those affected see Cumbria County Council's Flood bulletin and related pages.
Grants to date
We have given £1.64m in grants, over £820,000 to individuals and families throughout Cumbria but mainly in Cockermouth, Keswick, Workington and Ulverston and the rest to voluntary groups, most of them supporting people affected by flooding, including
Impact Housing Association Ltd (Workington) Warehousing/storage for donated furniture and white goods £117,800
Young Cumbria Christmas party, residential and time away for young people and post flood programme for young people £36,739
Citizens Advice Allerdale Flood relief adviser to assist clients £35,000
Age Concern North West Cumbria Flood community support and development projects and Worker and volunteer expenses for Cockermouth clothing bank and Increased demand for befriending service for 18 months and Windermere day trip for flood affected elderly people £37,449
National Flood Forum Workshops, flood surgery events and awareness raising and Database and survey of flood affected properties £32,600
Workington Cricket Club Clubhouse, grounds and associated facilities £26,000
Cockermouth Cricket Club Resurfacing and clearance after flood damage and Post flood groundworks £25,821
Cockermouth Town Council Millers Bridge lighting £25,000
National Farmers' Union Flood recovery rural advocate £25,000
Cumbria Neighbourhood Watch Association Purchase 2,000 DNA property marking kits £23,000
Churches Together in Cockermouth Support for the community after November 2009 floods £18,000
Keswick Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Improve flood resistance to the premises £18,000
Maryport Inshore Rescue Boat Rescue equipment and replacing lost and damaged equipment used during floods £16,450
Cumbria Scout Council Replace two boats destroyed in floods £15,800
Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service 15 new volunteer alcohol counsellors £15,000
Rotary Club of Workington Reinstate allotments and Workington classical music festival £15,000
Kirkgate Arts Cockermouth Arts activities for Cockermouth children and young people, social opportunities for Cockermouth people affected by floods and Vouchers for social attendees for shows and events £14,850
Fitz Park Charitable Trust Keswick Flood reinstatement works £13,615
Derwent and Solway Housing Association Discretionary fund for extraordinary expenses £12,000
South Ulverston Flood Action Group Surveyor and start up costs £11,940
Resolve Mediation Service Workington Publicise, recruit and train local volunteer mediators £10,885
Christ Church Cockermouth Update kitchen £10,000
Cockermouth Festivals Group To promote Cockermouth Festival and launch events £10,000
Cockermouth Lodges Flood Restoration Fund Restoration £10,000
Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service
Complementary therapies for individuals in South Lakeland £10,000
Egremont Rugby Union Football Club Restoration after the river Ehen flooded the clubhouse £10,000
Keswick Rugby Club Car park and flood defences £10,000
Northside Community Centre Limited Connecting to the other side £10,000
Workington Lifeboat Station Damage to lifeboat and portacabin provision £10,000
Flood Therapies Cockermouth Free/subsidised treatments to people who suffered stress £9,892
Cockermouth and District Chamber of Trade Support for Cockermouth following the floods £7,900
Rising Sun Trust Workington Core funding £7,000
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Isel, Parochial Church Council Reinstatement of Isel churchyard £6,200
Galava Flood Prevention Association Ambleside Flood prevention measures £6,000
Carlisle Cricket Club Replace cricket covers and surrounding plastic covers £5,900
Cockermouth Georgian Fair Organising Group. To ensure the Georgian Fair 2010 does happen £5,730
Fitz Park Bowling Club Keswick Restore bowling green and paint clubhouse and Aerator and remedial work £5,700
Cockermouth School Association Subsidise pupils affected by the floods during activities week and Last Word magazine focusing on the floods £5,500
Relate Lancashire and Cumbria Relationship support originating from the experience of flooding £5,500
Croft Bowling Club Cockermouth Improved kitchen and bar facilities £5.230
All Saints' Primary School Home School Association Cockermouth Respite for the carers of children with autism £5,000
BASICS (Allerdale) Running costs, training, lights and sirens £5,000
Centre for Complementary Care Muncaster Healing sessions for people affected by the floods £5,000
Cockermouth and District Civic Trust Cockermouth regeneration £5,000
Hospice at Home West Cumbria Recovering from the November floods £5,000
Keswick in Bloom Clearing and planting of lower Lake Road bed £5,000
Action for Blind People Support and advice to people affected by flooding £4,500
West Cumbria Trades Hall Centre Bus or train fares £4,500
Ulverston Mind Counselling service for South Ulverston and South Lakeland £4,000
International Rescue Corps Replace essential equipment £3,500
Mind in West Cumbria Sessions for people with stress, depression and anxiety £3,323
Heron Corn Mill Beetham Lost materials above contingency level due to floods £3,080
Ullswater Community Flood Group Surveys for 25 properties flooded in November 2009 £3,055
11th Workington (Harrington) Scout Group New scout hut £3,000
Ambleside Bowling Club Repair machinery and replace damaged carpet and fittings £3,000
Bay Search and Rescue Rescuing people during the floods £3,000
Cockermouth Flood Action Group Action post floods £3,000
Deer Orchard Football Club Cockermouth Replace machinery, repair electrics and remove debris £3,000
Impact Housing Association Ltd (Carlisle) Carlisle residents' team who cleaned up in Keswick £3,000
Workington Transport Heritage Trust Free bus service £3,000
Coniston Flood Forum Administration and flood resilience measures £2,793
Mountain View Childcare Cockermouth Extended service £2,546
North Lakes Foodbank Cockermouth Running costs £2,500
Kirkgate Preschool Cockermouth Project to support family activities in Cockermouth £2,410
Cocktons Yard Management Company Limited Cockermouth Cocktons Yard flood survey £2,097
Keswick Flood Action Group Group costs £2,000
Keswick Extended Schools Cluster Easter holiday activities for children and families £1,500
Workington Bowling Club Restoring club access £2,267
Appleby in Westmorland Town Council To supply better facilities for cooking etc £1,500
9th Cockermouth Guides £1,200
Cockermouth Mini/Midi Rugby Union Football Club Kit lost in floods and trophies £1,200
Bassenthwaite Sailing Club Repair to damage caused by the floods £1,000
Braithwaite Cricket Club Replace lawn mower and repair sit on roller £1,000
Bryce Institute Burneside Redecoration and repairs to green room following floods £1,000
Workington Amateur Operatic Society Shortfall on box office receipts £1,000
Workington Playgoers' Club Costs incurred by postponing production of Fawlty Towers £956
Workington and District Scout Association Mattress covers, utilities and camp fees £950
Derwent Mills Tenants Association Cockermouth
To replace plants, garden equipment and furniture £900
Workington Ladies Guild Assisting women isolated by flood to attend meetings £900
Ambleside Friends of Guiding Equipment and uniforms lost due to the flooding £850
Cockermouth Mini/Midi Rugby Union Football Club Alternative training and coaching activities after flooding £715
1st Cockermouth Guides Camp fees for two guides £600
Workington Town Rugby League Community Development Foundation Activity day for schoolchildren from flood affected areas £600
Cockermouth Amateur Dramatic Society Help fund Babes in the Wood £500
Workington Junior Squash Club Compensation from drop in turnout owing to floods £500
Derwent Mills Tenants' Association Cockermouth Thank You BBQ £300
Keswick Out of School Club Loss of income during the floods £250
1st Brigham Brownies Loss of fundraising opportunities due to floods £200
Helena Thompson Museum Workington Assistance with travel costs during the flood period £192
How to Givelying for a Grant
updated 07.07.2010
