Ashford Borough Council – help for the community

VERA (Voluntary Emergency Response Appeal). Ashford prides itself on care in the community and this public appeal supports those who need it most during these challenging times – for details: -http://www.ashford.gov.uk.

ASHFORD VOLUNTEER CENTRE The centre co-ordinates the efforts of voluntary community groups and so far around 70 groups spread around the borough are involved. The centre is becoming busier by the day http://www.ashfordvc.org.uk

ACER (Ashford Critical Emergency Resilience) Group. This strategic committee, similar to COBRA, meets frequently and, to date, have approved 2 new grant schemes aimed at providing funding for the voluntary and community sector. For details please visit http://www.ashford.gov.uk or contact me directly ken.mulholland@ashford.gov.uk

ASHFORD RESPONSE DEPOT Over recent weeks the government has begun to deliver emergency food packs to an est 1.5m people in the UK. ABC are supporting this initiative working from a new response depot. So far around 500 names have been shared with the council. For details on this and other initiatives visit http://www.ashford.gov.uk/coronavirus https://www.ashford.gov.uk/your-community/emergency-planning/health-and-pandemics/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-help-for-the-community/

Cllr. Ken Mulholland Ward Member for Weald North Ashford Borough Council ken.mulholland@ashford.gov.uk