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Abta LifeLine secures £20,000 from Martin Lewis Covid-19 fund

Grant money to help support those in travel facing hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic

Travel workers answer NHS plea for help

Through the NHS Volunteer Responders scheme, anyone can sign up to help the NHS

Abta LifeLine adds mental health support amid coronavirus crisis

Struggling agents will be able to apply for help funding counselling if they have a doctor’s note

Oyo Hotels launches public NHS room donation scheme

Rooms cost £25 a night – the operational cost of running the hotel

New agency Charitable Travel partners with JustGiving

Charitable Travel will launch in late April this year “despite the current market situation”

FHA moves to safeguard future with staff furlough measures

The charity said it wanted to survive the pandemic to be able to help those in need

Virgin Atlantic staff shift focus to national coronavirus effort

Airline employees to staff check-outs, stack supermarket shelves and deliver groceries, alongside ongoing efforts to support the NHS

Ocky White Travel to give away £100 vouchers to NHS staff

“At the end of all this, who will need a holiday?”

B&B pledges free trips for NHS workers

Healthcare workers will be able to visit any property which has made the campaign’s pledge

UnderTheDoormat offers free accommodation to NHS workers

It is opening up homes near hospitals to doctors and nurses caring for people with Covid-19

Focus Travel Partnership sets up helpline for Brits abroad

Fifteen firms in the Focus Travel Partnership (FTP) are ready to launch a repatriation initiative called Helping You Get Home, which involves sorting out UK tourists’ travel arrangements during the coronavirus pandemic.

It will be available 24/7 from midday today (20 March).

Numerous countries around the world have now gone into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised UK tourists in multiple regions to get home as soon as they can.

Sophie Griffiths: ‘In the current situation, any relief is helpful’

There’s little denying travel is among the sectors bearing the brunt of the coronavirus crisis

Abta LifeLine: ‘We are here to help amid coronavirus crisis’

Abta LifeLine has already received a handful of applications for support

Making magic memories with Thorne Travel

Thorne Travel’s new non-for-profit arm, All About the Magic, aims to provide trips and experiences for less fortunate families. Andrew Doherty reports