Businesses across Birmingham and the West Midlands are being asked to support a new campaign which is helping the city's most vulnerable people.
The campaign has been launched by our sister website BirminghamLive and will see help go to those who need it most as the impact of the coronavirus continues to bite.
With rising numbers in isolation and more positive cases swamping our hospitals, our communities need to pull together like never before.
The campaign, called #BrumKind, will help get vital cash aid to communities and charities who need it most through the Birmingham Coronavirus Resilience Fund - launched in partnership with Heart of England Community Foundation.
We now appeal to businesses and individuals who can afford to donate to help.
All money will go directly to community organisations and charities with nothing being spent on management costs.
Our partner Heart of England Community Foundation has made the process of donating money easy and it is very simple to apply for help too.
We have also teamed up with Birmingham Voluntary Services Council (BVSC) and Birmingham City Council to ensure the help already under way is mapped out so nobody falls through the net.
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We also want to ensure any volunteers desperate to help are matched up with those who need it the most.
Finally, we are launching the #BrumKind hashtag to celebrate our community heroes and share messages of hope and resilience.
BirminghamLive editor Anna Jeys said: "We genuinely are all in this together.
"If one good thing has emerged from this crisis, it is the utter brilliance of Brummies to confront it and work together to help each other.
"Let us know who deserves a shout out and we will ensure their actions do not go unnoticed.
"But we want to do more than spotlight good deeds - we want to help support them financially.
"That's why we have teamed up with the Heart of England Community Foundation to get charities and community groups the cash they need to do more."
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Donate to the Birmingham Coronavirus Resilience Fund
The fund will be available to constituted groups who are providing vital services.
It has been kick-started with £50,000, with donations from Wesleyan, Coventry Building Society, Harry Payne Fund and Youell Family Fund.
You can donate
Apply for help from the Birmingham Coronavirus Resilience Fund
The fund is open to all constituted groups who are providing, but not limited to, the following services:
* Food banks or social eating projects
* Delivery of emergency food/medicine parcels to those isolated due to the virus
* Street pastors or those engaging in outreach activities
* Befriending services supporting the elderly or vulnerable through isolation
We also want to hear about your work if you do not meet these descriptions.
To apply, please fill out an application form and email it to info@heartofenglandcf.co.uk
Tell us your heart warming stories
If you know someone or a group of people reaching out to others and providing help, or just have a piece of heart warming good news you would like to share, email newsdesk@birminghamlive.co.uk.
You can also post a direct message via our social media channels on and using the hashtag #BrumKind
Birmingham Voluntary Services Council
BVSC wants to hear about all community initiatives so it can map out where help is abundant and where it might be missing.
If you are a community group which has developed or is developing a response to the coronavirus outbreak, or you want to help, please contact comms@bvsc.org or call 07388 376 945.