In March 2020, I announced a funding package of £350m emergency communities fund, comprising 8 funding pots to ensure local authorities, community groups, the third sector and social enterprise sector were able to support people and communities affected by COVID-19.This included the £50m Wellbeing, £25m Third Sector Resilience Fund and the £40m Supporting Communities Fund.The £25 million Third Sector Resilience Fund awarded grants totalling over 1349 awards totalling £22m.The Supporting Communities Fund awarded a total of over £17m to 373 community anchor organisations.The Wellbeing Fund 33,449 awards totalling £37m.In response to a demand for a move away from resilience to recovery...