Aims/priorities: The Near Neighbours Small Grants scheme aims to encourage stronger civil society in areas that are multi-religious and multi-ethnic by creating association, friendship and neighbourliness. It intends to bring together people of different faiths and of no faiths to transform local communities for the better. Near Neighbours has two key objectives:
- Social interaction - to develop positive relationships in multi-faith and multi-ethnic areas, ie, to help people from different faiths and ethnicities get to know and understand each other better.
- Social action - to encourage people of different faiths and of no faith and of different ethnicities to come together for initiatives that improve their local neighbourhood.
Who can apply? To be eligible for a small grant, projects must operate in a community served by one of their local hubs
Grant amount: Between £250 and £3,000
Application process: Applicants to speak to their local Near Neighbours Coordinators before filling out the application form.
Deadline: Friday 11 December 2020
Contact information: Greater Manchester (Manchester, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham) Samra Kanwal, Greater Together Manchester, Church House, 90 Deansgate, Manchester M3
2GH Tel: 07927 550 744 Email: samra@greatertogethermanchester.org
Website address: www.near-neighbours.org.uk/small-grants