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<p>Volunteers have been critical to the ability of local communities to respond to
the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local networks between councils, community
groups, the voluntary sector and individual citizens have enabled an army of volunteers
to step up and help during a time of national crisis.</p><p>Through the Covid-19 response,
the government has funded the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership
to help charities - large and small - to work together to identify and reach communities
most in need, signposting volunteering needs and opportunities across a network of
more than 200 organisations. Over £6million of funding for the Partnership has so
far been committed up to 30th June 2021 with an option to extend should the need continue.</p><p>The
government will continue to draw upon the lessons of volunteering, both from the Covid-19
period and more broadly, to develop current and future policy.</p><p> </p>
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