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Foundation joins flood fundraising effort

Fundraising efforts to help those affected by recent flooding in Cumbria are being aided by a North East organisation.

The Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland is joining forces with its Cumbrian counterpart to help individuals left homeless and without possessions, and community groups running projects to help the victims.

The Cumbria Community Foundation has already raised £750,000, and donations will support the towns of Cockermouth, Workington and Keswick which were worst hit, along with smaller communities across Cumbria where several rivers have burst their banks.

Rob Williamson, Chief Executive of the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland said: “We know that people in the North East will have been touched by the devastation in Cumbria, particularly as it echoes the flooding Morpeth saw in 2008. We are delighted to be able to support our colleagues at the Cumbria Foundation who are directing the funds to the people who need help now and the communities that will need help to recover.”

Deb Muscat, acting director at Cumbria Community Foundation, added: “The response from the public is fantastic, and it is great to know even people from many miles away are thinking about Cumbria at this difficult time. We have had donations and even fundraising events from as far away as Kent. Now the kind offer of help from the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland to take donations locally is a great boost. We’re really grateful to the staff there for helping out.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .