A new fund directed at Wirral's local community groups will help young people struggling with 'loneliness and isolation' in the borough.
Yesterday, Wirral Council announced that a new pot of funding had been awarded to over 50 community groups in the area. The cash will be given to groups of faith like Church at the Cross Birkenhead, to health charities such as the Neuromuscular Centre and youth support groups like the National Youth Advocacy Service.
Depending on their application, the 51 groups will all receive a share of up to £50,000 of the £1.5m fund, which was sourced by the government's Contain Outbreak Management Fund given to councils to help deal with the effects of Covid. The council said that though the grant fund was oversubscribed, the majority of applications were successful.
