[cma-l] £1 Million Fund To Help Faith Groups Have Their Voices Heard (England)

[Tamar Millen]

£1 Million Fund To Help Faith Groups Have Their Voices Heard (England)

The Government has announced a new £1m fund to help faith groups get 
their voices heard by Government and public bodies and help play their 
part delivering public services. The Faith Leadership in Government will 
make grants of up to £30,000 to national organisations that can show a 
track record of representing and having real roots in their communities, 
of working with government, and of having a real contribution to make.

The Fund will open to applications in summer 2010. The Government also 
announced the launch of the £50,000 Innovation in Faith-based Social 
Action Prize this summer. A top prize of £15,000 will be available to 
the most innovative social action project, and three runners up prizes 
of £5,000. There will also be four prizes of £1,000 for the best 
examples in each of the five different categories which are:

•Independent projects (i.e. not already receiving public funding)
•Projects delivered with funding support from a local authority
•Advocacy and community development projects
•Multi faith projects
•Youth projects.

Projects can nominate themselves, or be nominated by others.
Expressions of interest should be sent to: 
InnovationPrize at communities.gsi.gov.uk.
For more information visit: 
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1507453

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Tamar Millen
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