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<p>Charities, community organisations and volunteers are playing a vital role to support
the coronavirus effort. Government continues to work closely with the civil society
sector to assess both the needs of vulnerable people and the sector itself, and how
government can best support the continuation of critical work.</p><p>Government has
granted £4,803,089 to the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergency Partnership (VCSEP),
which brings the sector together with government and statutory agencies to meet the
needs of vulnerable people during the Covid-19 outbreak. Specifically, this funding
will allow the VCSEP to improve coordination across the sector, establish a system
to capture unmet need at a local level, and enable volunteer demand and supply from
government departments and VCS organisations to be matched.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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