Are you bringing local people from different religious traditions together? Are you based in East London?
Good news! The Near Neighbours fund (grants of up to £5,000) will be officially launched next month, but is open for applications now.
Tim Clapton, Near Neighbours Co-ordinator in East London, writes
Near Neighbours aim is to :
1. Enable first encounters between people of different faith and ethnicity
2. Deepen those relationship to every day interactions.
3. Different faiths and ethnicities working together in social action / civic engagement.
Grants are available up to £5,000. Applications to me nearneighbours@theology-centre.org – you’ll have a result within 14 days.
Find out if you are in one of the Near Neighbours areas here (this is a list of Church of England parishes, so contact Tim for details of where they are).
Eligible areas fall within these London boroughs: Islington, Greenwich, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.