Communities Together Grant – OPEN NOW
In early 2025, Liverpool City Council are developing a new strategy and delivery plan to address community cohesion and strengthen communities, following the widespread disorder last summer. We want to invite local voluntary, community and faith groups to work alongside us in the strategy development.
In the lead up, we have been awarded £57,000 from HM Government to deliver some local projects, and we would like to invite the voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) in Liverpool, to apply to run small projects within your local communities.
Liverpool based VCF organisations can apply for a one-off grant of any amount up to a maximum of £2,500. Eligibility criteria and a list of project examples are provided within the Grant Specification available here.
Organisations will be required to feedback to us what has been delivered, and we would like groups to commit to helping us develop the cohesion strategy during 2025 – this might be through a written submission, a survey, or an informal meeting/conversation, whichever suits your organisation and community. We are looking to work with both long-standing and also more recently established groups across the city.
The grants must meet one of the criteria specified below (these are determined by MHCLG HM Government)
- Improves the capability of places to respond to periods of community tensions through initiatives that strengthen community connections, promote unity and shared values.
- Improves local partnership approaches to supporting community resilience by funding projects to strengthen ‘bridging’ social capital in at-risk places.Â
- Improves the capability of places to tackle the extreme narratives and ideologies that are driving our communities apart. Â
- Brings communities together to improve cohesion and reduce divisions in places facing extremism challenges.Â
Apply online here for the Communities Together Grant programme.
If you have a query that is not included in the Grant Specification please email communitiestogether@liverpool.gov.uk
DEADLINE: 14th February 2025