£20m Hardship Fund for charities announced in Budget
Darling pledges support for charities helping people worst hit by recession and funding to create 'socially useful' jobsA £20m Hardship Fund for charities delivering services to people affected by the recession is the most significant measure for the sector in today's Budget.
The fund will make grants to organisations suffering "cash flow difficulties" caused by increased demand and is in addition to the £42.5m third sector action plan launched in February.
The Budget, announced earlier today by Chancellor Alistair Darling, also contained a pledge to fund voluntary organisations and local councils to provide 100,000 new jobs in "socially useful activity" for 18-24 year olds who have been unemployed for at least a year.
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