This fund delivers grants of up to £2,500 per organisation for innovative proposals which support the Commissioner's goals to eradicate hate crime in the county.
The Race and Religion Hate Crime Innovation Fund is being administered by the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby on behalf of the PCC and is part of an ambitious plan to pilot new approaches to hate crime and expand research on racist and religious hate crime in the county.
Projects must address the PCC’s top priorities including raising awareness of hate crime, informing and encouraging reporting of hate crime, increasing support for victims and promoting the Hate Crime Victim Support Services which have been commissioned by the Commissioner.
The fund is only open to voluntary and community groups and local non-profit making organisations. Projects can be for one-off events or ongoing activities completed within a three-month time period before the end of April 2020.
While proposals must focus on race and religion, applications that span all strands of hate crime are welcomed. The Fund also comes with an optional opportunity to receive monitoring and evaluation support from Dr Phil Henry at the University of Derby.
The deadline for submitting applications is Monday, December 9 2019. Final decisions will be made by 13 January 13 2020.
Completed forms should be emailed to the Multi-Faith Centre: mfc@derby.ac.uk.