Coronavirus: Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis offering charity grants in response to pandemic

Financial journalist and chair of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis

Financial journalist and chair of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis, is giving £1m from his personal charity fund to provide grants for smaller charities, in response to the effect the coronavirus pandemic is having.

The grants would be between £5,000 and £20,000 – provided to small registered charities, or local arms of bigger charities across the UK.

In a blog post on his Money Saving Expert website, Martin said: “We face an unprecedented challenge to our health, economy, businesses, personal finance and way of life. And many of those who normally help society – our charities – are going to face similar pressures right now too. 

“To try and help I'm going to release £1,000,000 from my personal charity fund to provide grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to small registered charities, or local arms of bigger charities, across the UK – to help with specific UK coronavirus-related poverty relief projects.”

Read more:

• https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2020/03/i-m-making-p1m-available-to-fund-urgent-small-charity-coronaviru/

Applications close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 25 March 2020.

How to apply

A grant application form has been created for appropriate officials of registered charities here:

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd52bTaGvsLvBtBXuvl1TKzKWSY-GMjHrwRv5qAkr58S45teQ/viewform

Please ONLY apply for funds for specific coronavirus projects.