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Ask UK government to give financial aid to charity shops after Covid Lockdown

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Give each charity shop, both local charities and national charities, an amount of cash to keep them afloat after the Covid lockdown.
I volunteer for 2 charity shops.
One local charity shop and one national charity shop.
They were put in a financially adverse situation having to close during the Covid lockdown.
A government grant would be very helpful indeed.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept petitions which call for funding for specific organisations, and it's not clear what kinds of charities you are concerned about.

You could start a petition calling for the Government to make funding available to help all charities which work on a specific issue, or with a specific group of people, if that is something you'd like to happen.

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you find 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

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

30 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
22 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Sep 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.