AQW 5535/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she will consider implementing a Third Sector Resilience Fund, similar to that in Scotland.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 7 July 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 July 2020
- Answer due by
- 24 July 2020
- Answered
- 20 July 202013 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department is currently delivering a £15.5m Executive Covid-19 Charities Fund to support organisations in the charitable sector directly impacted by the health pandemic, unable to access finance from other government schemes and facing the threat of imminent closure.
I am also pleased to say that The Dormant Accounts Fund, designed to help build third sector resilience and improve capacity to adapt to future challenges, is expected to be launched in the near future by the National Lottery Community Fund under direction from the Department of Finance.