New Website to Support Lincolnshire Communities During Crisis
A new website has been launched to bring together requests and offers of support across Lincolnshire to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lincolnshire Together has been created by the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, the Lincolnshire Resilience Forum and Business Lincolnshire.
It aims to support organisations in the health and care, education and voluntary sectors by connecting them with the business community in Greater Lincolnshire.
Businesses can post offers of support on the site and the coordinating local authorities and community organisations such as schools, charities and care homes can post requests for help.
Support is being offered in areas such as vehicles, hygiene, equipment, PPE, technology and professional services such as accountancy, leadership, HR, marketing, legal.
The website is not intended for private businesses to ask for support or advice. Those businesses should visit the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub website.
Ruth Carver, Chief Executive of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, said: “As Lincolnshire responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are connecting businesses who can help with other organisations and communities who need support because of COVID-19.
“For charities, community groups and health and education organisations it’s a one-stop shop where you can ask for help. For businesses it’s an opportunity to tell these organisations what support you can offer.
“The Lincolnshire Together website will also publish good news stories about businesses in our region which have responded to the coronavirus in some way, such as supporting the national efforts in terms of PPE or by donating food or storage.
“If your business fits these criteria and you’re happy to share your story, please get in touch.”
Lincolnshire Together covers the administrative county of Lincolnshire only. For North and North East Lincolnshire visit https://community.humberlep.org
and for Rutland visit http://www.llrprepared.org.uk/one-prepared.
Lincolnshire Together is not the place for offers of support from individuals or volunteers who are supporting their local community. These offers should be signposted to local parish or district councils.
To contact the website email greaterlincslep@lincolnshire.gov.uk.
Notes for editors:
- The new Lincolnshire Together website can be found at www.lincolnshiretogether.co.uk.
- It has been created in collaboration with the Lincolnshire Local Resilience Forum and the Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub.
- The Greater Lincolnshire LEP was set up in 2010 and works with businesses and local authorities to develop and grow Greater Lincolnshire’s diverse economy.
- It is a public / private partnership led by the private sector.
- It works with central Government and the private sector to invest in infrastructure, skills, innovation and productivity.
- More than 100 businesses are involved in its strategies, and 80 business people sit on its boards.
- The LEP has an ambitious and balanced strategic economic growth plan for Greater Lincolnshire.
- The LEP’s six priority sectors are agri-food, the visitor economy, manufacturing, logistics, health and care and low-carbon energy.
- The LEP has invested £307 million in local economic growth schemes in Greater Lincolnshire since 2014.
- The Greater Lincolnshire LEP covers an area including North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire and is led by a LEP board made up of leading figures in the public and private sector.
- To find out more visit www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co…. or follow the LEP on Twitter @greaterlincslep, Facebook or Linkedin.
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