Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Big Lottery Fund pledges �5m in Philippines typhoon aid | Third Sector

Big Lottery Fund pledges �5m in Philippines typhoon aid | Third Sector: The BLF will donate the money to UK charities that are helping to rebuild communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan

The Big Lottery Fund has pledged to give up to �5m to UK charities that are helping to rebuild communities in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

The BLF said it would start an urgent consultation with UK non-governmental organisations working in the disaster area, the Disasters Emergency Committee and Bond, the membership body for UK organisations working in international development, to see how the money could be spent.

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