City of Wolverhampton Council has been awarded a portion of funding from The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to deliver projects that build community relationships and work to prevent and counter harmful narratives. We are inviting applications which seek to bring communities together and raise community awareness and support.
The Community Cohesion & Resilience Fund will support local Charities, CICs and constituted Community Groups to deliver projects that build community relationships and work to prevent and counter harmful narratives.
Funding comes from an overall £2.5m secured by MHCLG through the cross government Integrated Security Fund (ISF).
Applicants can apply for up to £10,000.
The fund will support projects that deliver outcomes in at least one of the following four themes:
- Brings communities together to improve cohesion and reduce divisions in places facing the worst extremism challenges.
- Improves the capability of places to tackle the extremist narratives and ideologies that are driving our communities apart.
- Improves local partnership approaches to supporting community resilience by funding projects to strengthen ‘bridging’ social capital in at-risk places.
- Improves the capability of places to respond to periods of community tensions through initiatives that strengthen community connections, promote unity and shared values.
Applications are welcomed from Charities, CICs and Community Groups and faith organisations who are based within Wolverhampton, or who are seeking a grant to support activities that will benefit a community within Wolverhampton.
This includes:
- Charities,
- Not-for-profit/Social enterprises,
- Community groups,
- Co-operatives,
- Community interest companies,
- Faith and equality groups and
- Voluntary organisations.
The fund will close to applications at 1pm on Monday 10th March 2025
- You will be informed of the decision by Friday 21st March 2025, in which grant payments will be paid by March 31st, 2025.
- We expect that project activity will commence no later than 1st April 2025, and all activity and spend must be complete by 31 June 2025.
To receive an information pack and application form please contact Deborah Smith deborah.smith@wolverhampton.gov.uk