Please ensure charities' employees are paid during the COVID19 lockdown period.

Arrangements are in place for company employees to be paid up to 80% of salary during the COVID19 lockdown; and those for self-employed people are under way. Charities seem to have been overlooked. Please give charity employees who cannot work during this crisis an assurance that they will be paid.

Since you started this petition, the Government has announced a support package for charities. It has also said that many charities are eligible for other support measures available to businesses., including the job retention scheme. You can find out more here:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector#government-financial-support-for-charities

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips