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<p>The Government recognises the impact the pandemic has had on the finances of our
places of worship and religious groups.</p><p>As part of the response to the impact
of Covid-19, the Government made available a package of support specifically for charities
and businesses. Places of worship that are registered charities have been able to
apply to a number of these schemes on the basis of being impacted organisations themselves,
and for their work delivering community services in response to the pandemic. This
included the Government's £750 million package of support specifically for charities,
social enterprises and the voluntary sector.</p><p>The Government continues to engage
regularly with a range of faith leaders and community groups - including through our
Places of Worship Taskforce and regular roundtable meetings with major faith groups
- to better understand how the Government can support them to respond to the pressures
they face at this time.</p><p>I encourage places of worship and community groups to
monitor the Government's web pages that offer information on the schemes currently
available, and new schemes when they are launched, such as: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffinancial-support-for-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-organisations-to-respond-to-coronavirus-covid-19&data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C616bbfe58f274655b58208d947aca9ff%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637619629169191381%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2Q3j64p4T4FDUAaI%2FhjRx6%2F3LC43AN553c%2FbSyvb%2Fno%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-support-for-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-organisations-to-respond-to-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p>
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