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Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme

Aims/priorities: The scheme is part of the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan. The scheme is intended to reduce the risk and impact of hate crime at places of worship and associated faith community centres. Funding is available for protective security measures to places of worship that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to a hate crime attack.

Hate crimes are any crimes motivated by hostility on the grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity. This scheme is focusing on religion.

Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Community Fund

Aims/priorities:

The purpose of the fund is to inspire community action across Greater Manchester that:

  • promotes inclusion for LGBTQ+ people and communities.

and/or

  • raises awareness of HIV.

We will fund any costs associated with the delivery of a project that improves the experience of LGBTQ+ people, promotes inclusion and awareness of LGBTQ+ people, communities and the issues that impact their lives or raises awareness and educates around HIV. The types of things that we will fund include:

UKSAR Volunteer Training Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support search and rescue (SAR) volunteering activities by providing support for the costs of volunteers’ operational training to help improve the safety and quality of SAR services in the UK.

Who can apply? UK charitable SAR organisations seeking support to train their volunteers can apply.

The following umbrella organisations can make global applications on behalf of their affiliated groups for core training:

Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Community Fund

Aims/priorities:

The purpose of the fund is to inspire community action across Greater Manchester that:

  •  promotes inclusion for LGBTQ+ people and communities.

and/or

  • raises awareness of HIV.

We will fund any costs associated with the delivery of a project that improves the experience of LGBTQ+ people, promotes inclusion and awareness of LGBTQ+ people, communities and the issues that impact their lives or raises awareness and educates around HIV. The types of things that we will fund include:

Community Justice Fund – Improving Lives Through Advice Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to ensure continued access to specialist social welfare legal advice to some of the most marginalised communities in England and aims to transform lives, address systemic issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities in need by funding organisations working at the frontline.

Marginalised communities is defined for the purposes of this grant programme as ‘communities of place, people or interest most in need, experiencing exclusion and at risk of facing barriers to accessing advice services’.

DCMS – Know Your Neighbourhood Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support voluntary creative groups in designated Know Your Neighbourhood areas across England to promote and deliver targeted creative activities to support people at risk of loneliness and isolation.

Who can apply? Voluntary creative groups in designated areas across England can apply.  

Grant amount: There are two tiers of funding available:

Equilibrium Foundation – Community Support Scheme

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support a variety of projects and activities that make local communities a better place and improve the lives of those within it, such as through sports, arts, education, helping the disadvantaged or improving the environment.

Who can apply? Any not-for-profit organisation that makes a positive difference to the community is encouraged to apply, however, applicants not normally considered include:

Scops Arts Trust

Aims/priorities: The aim of the Trust is to give people of all ages a better quality of life by enabling them to understand, participate in and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts (music, drama, opera and dance).

Who can apply? The Trust mostly supports registered charities.

Applications will also be considered from social enterprises, community groups, and other third sector organisations, as long as they are formally constituted and have clear charitable purposes.

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