Lecco, non-profit: over 160 thousand euros in contributions awarded to more than 80 local entities

Through the refreshment, restart and financing strategy lines

Di Vincenzo Sangalli il 28 Sep, 2021

Lecco, the calls for tenders for the non-profit sector activated by the Municipality of Lecco, to contribute on a non-repayable basis to the resumption of social activities in a particularly delicate and crucial moment, have awarded a total of 164.055,59 euros to 83 local social entities, volunteering, non-profit associations of a non-commercial nature, social promotion associations, moral bodies, parishes, oratories and religious associations, family solidarity associations, life support centres, optional non-profit associations, amateur sports associations and voluntary organizations operating continuously in Lecco, with the possibility of submitting an application for a single line of financing.

The funds made available to the third sector organizations operating in the municipal area, in the form of refreshments, contributions and financing, responded to all the requests for support made on the three different lines.

All refreshment line, aimed at covering the expenses incurred in the pandemic period from 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2021 with coverage of up to 75% of the amounts requested and up to a maximum of 1.500 euros per person, 15 associations applied, for total compensation equal to 16.078,20 euros. There restart line, activated to cover 75% of the expenses incurred for projects and activities planned to restart after the emergency or for the purchase of specific material, with expenses incurred from 1 June 2021 to the end of the year, has assigned contributions amounting to 97.627,39 .45 euros to XNUMX local businesses. There strategy line, aimed at financing up to a maximum of 20 thousand euros for each project developed online by at least three entities, with a maximum financeable percentage of 75%, awarded 49.350 euros to 23 entities united in 3 collective projects.

“Participation in the refreshment, restart and strategy calls – underlines the Welfare councilor of the Municipality of Lecco Emanuele Manzoni – has helped more than eighty associations to carry out their traditional activities or to commit themselves to developing new ones, from culture to the protection of environment, from sport to the care and education of people. We wanted our citizens to be able to participate in structured and safe gatherings in this delicate phase and this happened. The third sector plays an important role in the city and it was right to make resources available that they could count on. Many projects presented met the administration's hopes because they involved networks of associations proposing innovative projects consistent with our objectives. The social fabric of our city will be even richer from now on thanks to the legacy of these projects. From myself and the entire council, thanks go to the third sector bodies who participated and believed that overcoming the difficulties of this pandemic had to happen through collaboration, sociality and the recovery of the sense of community."