Tendring groups supporting community through COVID-19 getting extra funding
A grant scheme is being extended
Up to £48,000 will be given to community groups, charities or other non-profit organisations across Tendring.
It is through a grant scheme which is being extended by the district council.
The extra cash is being drawn from the Tendring Community Fund, with each councillor being allocated £1,000 to give out as they wish.
Money can be given to groups which are helping people around the district during the coronavirus pandemic.
The initiative was first carried out last year.
Neil Stock OBE, council leader, said community groups had been at the heart of the response to the pandemic:
"In Tendring we have many really important groups who have been a tremendous support to our communities during COVID-19; many groups struggling themselves but still helping our residents.
"Many councillors have told me how important the first tranche of funding had been for the survival of groups, and a huge well done goes to them for this vital work.
"As a new lockdown has been announced it is appropriate we give councillors an allowance of a further £1,000 to support groups in relation to Covid-related activities."
The cash can be given to a single group or split between several organisations, and is not ring-fenced to councillor wards.
Tendring Eldercare, Salvation Army and Harwich Teen Talk were among the groups previously given money.