Baring Awards for Bridging Cultures (ABC)

Overview

There are three different categories of Awards for Bridging Cultures with a cash prize up to £10,000:

• Voluntary or community groups or organisations running projects or schemes to promote intercultural dialogue, with gross annual financial income of over £500,000 (in the last two financial years)
• Voluntary or community groups or organisations running projects or schemes to promote intercultural dialogue, with gross annual financial income of under £500,000 (in the last two financial years)
• Volunteers or founders who have made significant contribution to initiating or running projects or schemes to promote intercultural dialogue.
• Local authorities, public sector organisations and private companies who can demonstrate their suppport for voluntary sector projects or schemes to promote intercultural dialogue, either by helping to initiate projects/schemes or by providing ongoing financial and/or other support

All categories are judged against these common criteria:

• The type of interaction and the resulting impact on interculturality
• The range of cultures/participants engaged in the scheme
• The benefits to different communities
• Costs of the scheme
• Sustainability of the scheme
• What potential does the scheme have as a role model for other organisations?

Benefits to applicants include:

• An opportunity to showcase their work
• Sharing good practice and opportunities for learning from other applicants
• Short listed community and voluntary organisations will be supported to make a DVD of their scheme to support learning and sharing good practice
• In addition winners will receive publicity for their scheme, financial rewards to invest in their projects and the opportunity to become leaders in their field
• Potential coverage of the submission in the local media for all applicants

How to Apply

Full guidelines and application forms are available from the contact