Aims/priorities: Hate crime is defined as ‘any criminal offences perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility, prejudice, towards someone based on a personal characteristic’. In Greater Manchester hate crime is monitored across six strands: race, religion, sexual orientation, trans identity, disability and alternative subcultures. Hate crime is significantly under-reported. Even in difficult times, continued efforts by local groups and organisations are needed to raise awareness of and challenge hate crime in our communities and to help instil confidence in victims by highlighting how and where hate crime incidents can be reported.
Through Action Together on behalf of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, funding is available annually to support projects across Tameside that promote awareness of hate crime and how to report it.
The main aims of these grants are to:
- Raise awareness of what Hate Crime is.
- Increase the reporting of Hate Crime.
Organisations must engage local people beyond their existing membership networks and should be:
- Holding an awareness raising activity that can help become the catalyst for further conversations or
- Delivering a longer-term project to help local people find out more about hate crime.
- Helping to change/challenge the behaviours, narratives and perceptions of Hate Crime
- Highlighting the support of third-party reporting centres and encouraging more victims to report hate crimes to either the Police or third-party reporting centres across the Borough
Who can apply? To be eligible a group must be a member of Action Together based in Tameside and engaging with local people beyond their existing membership networks. If you are not a member, you can sign up for free here.
We welcome applications from groups that are new to the programme as well as those who have applied previously. Where appropriate, we also encourage partnership or joint applications for this funding.
Priority will be given to innovative projects which show an awareness of more than one strand of hate crime and projects which can show a tangible product at the end that can then be re-used e.g. hate crime awareness resources such as posters, film clips, music, artwork, presentation materials and research documents and findings etc.
Only one application for funding will be accepted per organisation.
Grant amount: Up to £1,000.
Application process: Please find the application form and guidance notes here. Please read the guidance notes carefully before applying and please ensure that ALL boxes on the form are completed.
Deadline: Applications will be accepted from Thursday 15 September until Friday 28 October 2022 but may close sooner if the fund is exhausted.
Contact information: If you have any queries about the application form or application process, please contact Roma Hashim on 0161 339 2345 or Email: roma.hashim@actiontogether.org.uk