Prince William, Kate donate for pandemic mental health work

foundation of Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge have awarded almost 1.8 million pounds ($2.3 million) to support mental health of front line workers and ors affected by coronavirus pandemic. couple’s Royal Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund is helping a range of projects, including a charity that provides individual grief trauma counselling to workers in ambulance, fire, police and search and rescue services. Ar grant aims to help support mental health of thousands of pregnant women and new parents.

royals spoke earlier this week with two emergency responders and two mental health counsellors at Queen Elizabeth II’s Sandringham Estate.Kate spoke of “lasting impact” that pandemic would have on mental health of many front line workers.

Kate and William, along with Prince Harry, launched a campaign called Heads Toger in 2016 to inspire more people to speak out about mental health and tackle stigma around topic. Both William and Harry have opened up about ir own mental health issues dealing with loss of ir mor, Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997.

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