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John Healey said: "I have been really impressed by the efforts these organisations have made. These charities, and the people who run them, are a great credit to this country and our communities. They deserve our thanks and recognition for their efforts."
Fundraising
Mark Astarita said: “It's almost a year since we launched the floods appeal which raised nearly £5 million. It was the third time we've launched a national appeal for the UK in the last five years – following the Boscastle flood and London bombings appeals.
'I'm really proud of what we achieved. It helped even out some of the local appeals so that areas that didn't raise as much money could be helped as well. Our own donors responded magnificently and there were some magnificent local appeals. It was Britain giving at its best.”
Response
As well as fundraising, Red Cross volunteers also evacuated people cut off by the floods, helped run rest centres and distributed emergency relief supplies, including more than 335,000 litres of bottled water.
The money raised by our National Floods Appeal was distributed through local authorities as cash grants, to help the people affected to rebuild their lives.
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