Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.A new fund has been created to support the resilience of West Lothian communities with the impact of Covid-19.The Council Executive approved proposals to change the way the council funds West Lothian voluntary organisations by creating the £400,000 Third Sector Community Support Fund.This aims to open up the application process to all third sector organisations, to help address the key issues facing our communities as we move through the pandemic.
The focus of the new grant scheme is around some of the key issues that have been identified as being particularly increased due to Covid-19.These are income and employment, health and mental wellbeing.