Lincolnshire Community Assistance Team Celebrate Funding Success

The much-needed funds have enabled the charity to buy four additional radios for use by volunteers who provide invaluable support to the emergency services during floods, lost-person searches and medical response requirements.

The radios have enabled the team to have more responders out on the ground at any one time and improve the communications back to their control centre to coordinate support activities.

A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Community Assistance Team said: “We are grateful to Morrisons Foundation for kindly donating funding through their community platform. The grant acquired will fund 4 new secure radios to enable our responders to receive higher quality communications and enhance the productivity of their voluntary services.”

“L-CAT relies on donations such as this to continue its operational capabilities, therefore this grant will go a long way to ensuring that our responders can continue to help and benefit the communities.”

David Scott, Morrisons Foundation Trustee said, “The atrocious weather that we’ve been experiencing lately means that many communities have experienced flooding and demonstrates the need for such great community charities like L-CAT that provide. I’m delighted that the Foundation has been able to fund the additional radios, which will make a massive difference to the vital rescue operations all across our community for many years to come.”

The Morrisons Foundation was set up by Morrisons supermarket in 2015 and awards grants for charity projects which help improve people’s lives. Since launching, over £40 million has been donated to hundreds of charities across England, Scotland and Wales.