special fund
TV lottery supports Tafel with 23 million euros
Food bank staff prepare to serve food. photo
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Never before has the German television lottery paid out so much money to a single organization at once: the special funding, worth millions, goes to the German charity.
The Tafel in Germany had recently come under enormous pressure due to increasing demand, higher costs and at the same time fewer food donations. Now, a multi-million dollar grant from the German TV Lottery Foundation is intended to remedy the situation: “We support Tafel Deutschland with 23 million euros,” said TV Lottery Managing Director Christian Kipper on Friday in Hamburg. There has never been an individual grant of this magnitude in the almost 70-year history of the social lottery.
The nationwide 963 food banks with their approximately 60,000 volunteers can apply for the money until the summer. The main aim is to manage energy costs and relieve volunteers by 2024. The increased food and energy costs hit the poorest the hardest, said television lottery supervisory board chairman Ulrich Maly. “Maybe we can use the money to make Germany a little bit fairer this winter.”
With the special fund totaling 30 million euros, a further seven million euros will be made available for similar social projects. In 2022, thanks to the winnings from the tickets sold, the television lottery funded 231 projects with 34 million euros.
Funding information New notifications from the German TV Lottery