Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
The UK Government is continuing to make funding available to reduce the risk and impact of hate crime and terror attacks at Muslim places of worship and their associated faith community centres in England and Wales. The funding is available through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme for the free installation of protective security, such as CCTV, intruder alarms, security guarding services, and secure fencing. To apply for funding, applicants should submit evidence of their vulnerability and experience of hate crime. The scheme will remain open until further notice.
New Fund to Tackle Hatred Against Muslims
The UK government has launched a new fund to tackle hatred against Muslims.
The Combatting Hatred Against Muslims Fund will support organisations in monitoring and reporting incidents of anti-Muslim hate and Islamophobia, increasing awareness of hate crimes, and providing support to victims.
The fund is open to applications from non-profit distributing incorporated organisations or consortia of organisations such as:
- companies limited by guarantee (including community interest companies)
- charitable incorporated organisations
- community benefit societies
It will support these organisations to deliver accurate records of hate incidents across England.
Up to £650,000 is available for 2025/26, and up to £1 million per year for 2026/27 and 2027/28.
This initiative is part of the government's commitment to creating safer, more cohesive communities and is included in its Plan for Change.
The closing date for applications is the 18th May 2025.
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The National Churches Trust’s Medium Grants Programme (UK)
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK towards project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, to support churches preparing for a major project, and in developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder. Grants will never exceed 50% of the net project costs for this phase. The National Churches Trusts's Medium Grants Programme is also now able to offer grants of up to £10,000 for urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £20,000 and £80,000. Grants cannot exceed 50% of the net project costs. The deadline for applications is midnight on the 17th December 2024.
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation (UK)
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation has announced that the next application deadline for their grants programme is 5pm on the 22nd November 2024. The programme is open to small UK-registered charities working in music, the performing arts, and Jewish life and learning. The Foundation will also accept applications which seek to defuse tension and promote peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel, tackle antisemitism and Islamophobia in the UK, and promote peaceful co-existence and understanding between the UK’s Jewish and Muslim communities. The Foundation aims to support initiatives that significantly impact individuals and/or communities and leave a lasting legacy. Large charities will not be considered. Medical Research Travel grants of up to £1,000 are also available.