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  • India is facing a devastating second wave of COVID-19 and we MUST help!

    India is facing a devastating second wave of COVID-19 and we MUST help!

    As you all know, India is currently facing a devastating second wave of COVID-19, with over 200,000 dead (though many estimate the true number is much higher) and millions of people infected. Due to the scale of the problem, people are struggling to gain access to basic essentials, including food and medical supplies and healthcare facilities are completely overwhelmed.

    At this crucial time, it is so important that we extend support to others in need, as we know first hand the destruction COVID-19 can cause.

    Below we have complied the works of a number of vetted crisis charities and organisations and the amazing work they have been doing to try and get India back on its feet. This is how we can help:

    The UK India Business council has been asked by both the UK and Indian government to find out if there are any supplies or support private sector businesses might be able to provide to alleviate the challenging situation in India.

    The urgent needs are very specific:

    • Empty, refillable oxygen cylinders with 10 litres and 45 litres LMO capacity
    • Oxygen concentrators
    • In situ oxygen manufacturing plants for hospitals
    • Remdesivir (anti-viral medication)

    If there are other items, services or support you, your supply chain or wider network can provide, please do get in contact with UKIBC here.

    UNICEF have also launched an urgent appeal to private sector businesses for their help in this crisis

    ‘We’re calling on the private sector, businesses, foundations, social impact investors, corporations and philanthropists to collaborate with UNICEF to help reduce the increased strain on health care systems and their ability to deliver essential care to those in need’

    All donations and support will help UNICEF to urgently procure Oxygen Generation Plants (OGP), RT-PCR Systems, PPE and Hygiene Kits. If you can help, do get in contact here.

    Oxfam India is currently providing PPE, supplying food and money to those hardest hit, working with policymakers on ensuring vaccine accessibility and working to support India’s overall public health system. You can help as an organisation by donating on their website, or using their fundraising resources to raise some money for the appeal

    Last week Conde Nast Traveler published a must-read article on the devastation caused over in India and in-depth list of Indian charities and the work they are doing (read in full here). The article states ‘as members of the global community, it’s our responsibility to support the people and places we travel for when it matters most’ and we couldn’t agree more.

     Here are a few resources they shared:

    • IMANA: The Islamic Medical Association of North America is running a fundraiser called “Help India Breathe.”, with the aim to facilitate oxygen and related equipment across 19 major hospitals. Donate here.
    • AMBULANCE NETWORK: HelpNow is an Initiative by young students providing a safe, 24×7 logistics network for transporting COVID patients/suspects, Drugs, Phlebotomists, Healthcare workers (docs, nurses) and Blood/Organs/Medical supplies in India. Get involved here.
    • KHAANA CHAHIYE: distributing meals to the most vulnerable in the city of Mumbai. Has distributed 60,000 meals so far in this phase of the lockdown. Support them here.

    We urge anyone that can help out to come forward and show support as together we can create real change!

    Best wishes,

    The Social Value UK Team

  • Tyne Gateway Trust joins the Social Value movement as the newest Organisational Member of Social Value UK

    Tyne Gateway Trust joins the Social Value movement as the newest Organisational Member of Social Value UK

    Social Value UK is delighted to welcome Tyne Gateway Trust as our newest Organisational Member. Based in the North East of England, Tyne Gateway is a charity which works at the heart of disadvantaged communities. Their aim is to improve life chances for children and build empowered communities.

    Tyne Gateway Trust

    Tyne Gateway achieve this by delivering a number of projects aimed at helping the most vulnerable and hard to reach families in order to address the underlying issues that prevent them from leading economically and socially active lives. Examples of projects Tyne Gateway lead on include the National Troubled Families Programme, and two Big Lottery funded projects: Lads & Dads, which supports young and alienated fathers in developing parent skills, and Improving Futures, a project which aims to improve  attendance and achievement of primary school aged children.

    Tyne Gateway have joined Social Value UK in order to gain support in developing an approach to social value reporting that will tell their story, support their outcomes and help the business grow through new and relevant commissions and grant funding.

    Pauline Wonders, Director of Tyne Gateway, says: “we have been looking for some time for a pragmatic solution to our social value and impact reporting and we are delighted to join Social Value UK. We look forward to learning from their experience and knowledge and to the benefits of networking with like-minded organisations to make sure that the voice of the third sector is clear and is heard.”

    We look forward to working with Tyne Gateway to support them with measuring and managing the social value of their important and much needed projects.

     

     

     

    Press Contacts

    Pauline Wonders, Director, Tyne Gateway

    E: Pauline@tynegateway.co.uk              T: 07885 838230

    Helen Campbell, Communications and Membership Coordinator, Social Value UK

    E: helen.campbell@sv-test.wp-support.team    T: 0151 703 9229

     

     

    About Tyne Gateway

    Having originally been established in 2009 as a Child Poverty Unit pilot, Tyne Gateway is now an established and evidence-based charity based in the North-East of England. We work within our target disadvantaged communities to build capacity and confidence amongst families who may not have previously engaged with professionals and who may have complex lives.

    Our trained staff, all of whom have been recruited because they themselves have experience of similar issues to those our families face, do whatever is needed on a practical level to work with the whole family and to move them towards sustainable and positive outcomes. Everything we do is with the ultimate aim of reducing the attainment gap for children and enabling them to go on to lead fulfilling lives.

    www.tynegateway.co.uk