Grant News

The UK Government has made funding available to reduce the risk and impact of hate crime at places of worship and associated faith community centres in England and Wales.

The Places of Worship (POW) Protective Security Funding Scheme will award grants of up to £56,000 to individual places of worship of all faiths, apart from the Jewish community, for the installation of up to three protective security measures and improvements. This could include CCTV, fencing, lighting and intruder alarms etc.

Below are some examples of those eligible to apply for the funding, but this is not an exhaustive list:

• churches
• gurdwaras
• mosques
• temples
• associated faith community centres (we define this as a community centre run by a place of worship or near a place of worship that is faith based, and where regular worship takes place)

The Jewish community are not eligible for funding from this scheme as a separate commitment was made to fund security measures at Jewish community sites through a grant administered by the Community Security Trust.

Applicants will need to demonstrate their vulnerability to and experience of hate crimes and/or hate incidents.

The deadline for applications has been extended to 23:59 on the 16th July 2021.