The National Emergency Trust has announced £1.5 million of funding to support grassroots Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) across the UK to respond to the Covid-19 needs of disabled people.
The DPO Covid-19 Emergency Fund aims to support DPOs to meet the needs of disabled people, and are looking to fund the following broad three areas:
• Independent living
• Isolation
• Income
Some examples of work that could be funded:
• A DPO wanting funding to produce local Covid-19 related information in