I'd be happy to provide you with a copy of that report if you don't have it, because it shows that they are aware of the existing funding streams and have accessed them where they've been able to.

Responding to the Finance Committee's consultation on the Welsh Government's draft budget proposals, the Wales Council for Voluntary Action said:

'The voluntary sector must be supported and resourced to fulfil its central role in the recovery from the pandemic' and

'Co-production must play a key part in the design and delivery of preventative services.'

Their response to the draft budget proposals went further, stating: 

'The voluntary sector continues to require greater resource to respond to increasing demand on its services' and 

'The sector has many groups and organisations which have developed to redress specific problems or prevent them worsening.'

They're also preventing massive additional financial pressure on health and care services. How will you therefore respond financially to their concern that although the draft budget states that an additional £700,000 will be provided on top of the £3 million to support the sector in its response to COVID-19 and the £24 million Welsh Government third sector COVID-19 recovery fund, charities in Wales have lost around 24 per cent of their income this year, or £1.2 billion for charities based in Wales? In other words, without the extra investment required, it's going to cost the Treasury and the Exchequer in Wales a lot more money than they would otherwise require to prevent that demand being created.