04-November-2015
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MAYOR’S HOPE By HANNAH ROGERS
Organisations that aid people in poverty are being urged to apply for grants from the Mayor’s Hope Fund. The charity was set up by Mayor Joe Anderson in January 2014 and seeks to help out disadvantaged people in Liverpool who are living in poverty. In the latest push to help out the vulnerable people of Liverpool, the charity is looking into supporting other charities and organisations that deal directly with the homeless and others who are struggling to make ends meet. Grants of up to £3000 are be-
Fund launched to help those living in poverty ing offered for Liverpool based organisations. The Mayor set up the fund as he thought it was important to help those in need during the economic downturn that has hit Liverpool hard in recent years. The Mayor’s Hope Fund has so far awarded over £170,000 to more than 65 organisations, including Asylum Link Merseyside, which has helped support nearly 3000 asylum seekers, and Walton Village Residents Association, to aid them in running their ‘Feed a Family of Four’ campaign.
Progressive Lifestyles Solutions Liverpool is a charity that helps provide people living below the poverty line with food, saying that every single they see very real poverty. They received £2500 last year from The Mayor’s Hope fund. Paul Martin, Director of PLS Liverpool, said: “We’re always looking into funding and ways of cost cutting. The fund helped us to subsidise a new van to help us with our food run service. “The funding was great and we’re very proud of the relationship we have with the City
Council.” The charity has a deal with Costco to collect any unsold food, which is then transferred to places such as Sisters of Charity on Seel Street and also a school in Anfield which identifies 53 families as living below the property line. Thanks to the Fund they are now able to feed up to 4000 people in Liverpool. Greenhouse Project Liverpool has also benefitted from the fund. The organisation that runs after school sessions to teach
children in Toxteth how to cook and safety in the kitchen, the grant that they received helped them to set up a ‘fairshare’ scheme which delivers food to the classes while also feeding the children there. Other charities that have been helped by the fund include Centre 56, a charity that helps provide food for child victims of domestic abuse, the centre bought kitchen supplies and equipment that was necessary to help keep up the quality of the food given out. North Liverpool Food Bank
and South Liverpool Food Bank were also given grants to help their charity grow and reach more homeless people and people struggling to make ends meet. Organisations that apply are assessed by the board of trustees and applications close at noon on November 10. Organisations will need to submit a detailed budget with their application form which should be realistic and viable. People wanting to donate to the Mayor’s Hope fund can do so via texting an amount to 70070.