Grants between £300 and £400 are available for local groups and organisations who wish to bring together neighbours, to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities by opening a Place of Welcome

Eligibility and criteria

• Only new Places of Welcome applicants are eligible

• Only projects based in Birmingham, East London, Nottingham, Lancashire, Leicester, Liverpool, Middlesborough and West Yorkshire will be funded. (These are the locations of Near Neighbours Hubs, the organisation running the grants.)

• Places of Welcome must commit to uphold the 5 values

Deadline for applications

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

The final deadline for applications is 21 Feb 2025; however, we reserve the right to close earlier, when all funds have been allocated.