North Down Borough Council's Good Relations Grants
Overview
North Down Borough Council want to work with the community to bring this vision forward. Local community groups and the voluntary sector are invited to consider applying for funding to deliver good relations/good race relations projects. There may also be opportunities for partnership working between statutory agencies, the voluntary and community sectors using community development approaches to deliver innovative good relations/good race relations endeavours.
The amount awarded will depend on the level of good relations impact demonstrated. Good Relations grants will be awarded up to a maximum of £1,000 and matched funding is not a requirement of the programme. Grant monies will be paid on completion of project.
Council wish to continue to support local groups to build on their good practice, so that a variety of exciting and innovative projects can take place locally. Through commitment to good relations and community development work, groups and individuals from different political, racial and religious traditions have been enabled to engage with one another in ways which:
- Develop understanding, trust, equality & fairness
- Build confidence & inclusion
- Encourage meaningful dialogue and sustainable relationships based on the principles of equity, respect for diversity and Interdependence
- Equity is a commitment to fairness, ensuring equality of access to resources, structures and decision-making processes and those actions to secure and maintain this.
- Respect for diversity supports the value derived from understanding and accepting differences caused by religious, ethnic or political background.
- Interdependence is the recognition by identity groups of their obligations and commitments to similar groups and of how community experiences are inter-connected.
In accordance with the North Down Borough Council Good Relations Strategic Plan, all applications must demonstrate that they meet at least one of the following aims:
- Tackling the visible manifestations of sectarianism and racism
- Developing or reclaiming shared space/shared workspaces
- Reducing tensions at interface areas
- Developing shared education
- Developing shared communities
- Exploring and understanding Good Relations through diversity & cultural diversity.