How Cumbria's Flood Recovery Appeal measures up
- Launched 8pm Saturday, December 5, 2015
- £1 million donated in less than 5 days
- £10.3m raised so far, including £4.7m Government match funding
- First emergency grant made within 4 days
- 5,000 applications received so far
- £5,355,133 awarded to 2,724 households
- Average £136,000 given out every week
- £1,955 average flood damage grant
- 46 per cent of all Cumbria's flooded households helped
- £1,597,182 given to 113 charities and community groups
- Almost 190 JustGiving fundraising pages set up
- 35,000 donations given
Generous benefactors from across Cumbria include:
- Francis C Scott Charitable Trust, £100k
- Frieda Scott Charitable Trust, £50k
- Sir John Fisher Foundation, £50k
- GlaxoSmithKline, £50k
- South Lakeland District Council, £50k
- United Biscuits, McVities, £50k
- BAE Systems, £50k
- NMP, £50k
- New Balance, £35k
- Westmorland Ltd, £35k
- Eden District Council, £30k
- United Utilities, £25k
- Tesco Charity Trust, £23k
- Innovia Films, £20k
- Morrisons, £20k
- Cumberland Building Society, £20k
- Sir James & Lady Scott Trust, £20k
If you would like to donate
- Visit www.cumbriafoundation.org
- Phone 01900-825760, 9am-5pm
- Send a text to 70070 with the message ‘FLUD15’ and a monetary amount. For example, ‘FLUD15 £10’
- Send a cheque payable to 'Cumbria Community Foundation' to: Cumbria Community Foundation – Flood Appeal, Dovenby Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 0PN
- Or make a bank transfer: account name Cumbria Community Foundation, account number 32152967; sort code 40-16-22, reference 'Flood'.
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