Two Greater Manchester residents, David Morgan and Geraldine Esdaille, have been awarded funding for their projects combatting the effects of the pandemic.
 
Company founder David Morgan from Bolton will develop a digital support community for prison leavers, with guidance on how to set up as self-employed.
 
Social enterprise founder Geraldine Esdaille fromManchester will deliver a mental health training programme designed for Black women, to organisations across Greater Manchester.

The funding has been awarded to them by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. David and Geraldine are Churchill Fellows who along with 30 other Churchill Fellows have been awarded grants totalling over £300,000 for projects aiding the UK’s recovery from the pandemic.

Julia Weston, WCMT Chief Executive, said: “We are proud to invest £302,000 in projects led by Churchill Fellows that are reducing the impact of Covid-19 across UK society. From helping community businesses, to protecting survivors of domestic abuse, to increasing support for mental health during the lockdown, Fellows’ contribution to the national effort against the pandemic is truly inspiring.”

Churchill Fellows are UK citizens from all walks of life who are funded each year to find and apply the world’s best solutions for the UK’s most pressing problems. There are 3,800 Churchill Fellows across the UK.

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