Rother Voluntary Action celebrates after receiving £304,634 in National Lottery funding
Rother Voluntary Action based in Bexhill is celebrating today after being awarded £304,634 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
Rother Voluntary Action will use their funding to build a thriving volunteer culture in Rother.
This new National Lottery funding will enable RVA to provide a volunteer and trustee brokerage service to establish personal connections between groups and individuals. This will include training for individuals in basic hygiene, First Aid and Safeguarding as well as skills to enable them to feel confident to take up a volunteering or trustee role. There will also be an opportunity for organisations to access training to better communicate with and equip, diversify and value their volunteers.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. The National Lottery Community Fund distributes a share of this to projects to support people and communities to prosper and thrive.
Annette Holmes, Volunteer Co-ordinator for RVA, said “Thanks to National Lottery players, this grant means that we can now reach individuals who are not taking on volunteer or trustee roles due to lack of confidence and skills, or the knowledge of local opportunities. We will also be able to assist those organisations who are struggling to recruit volunteers and trustees and build on community resilience and citizenship in supporting local people. This will make a big difference to people’s lives.”
During the pandemic, in 2020 alone, The National Lottery Community Fund distributed almost £1 billion to charities and community organisations across the UK.
To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk
