National faith based organisations are invited to bid for a share of £1m funding that help them develop a bigger voice and strengthen their capacity to challenge and engage Government.

The money is focused on making sure these organisations have the tools they need to do the job and could be used for activities including training in fundraising.

£50,000 Innovation in Faith-Based Social Action Prize.

The prize is being developed to help publicise and reward faith based projects which have not yet received the recognition they deserve. Prizes will be awarded to faith projects who are finding new ways to meet local problems, bring people together and meet the needs of local communities.

To be formally opened in the summer - aims to reward innovation in faith-based service delivery;
it will make awards in five different categories

• Independent projects (i.e. not already receiving public funding)
• Projects delivered with funding support from a local authority
• Advocacy and community development projects;
• Multi faith projects
• Youth projects

The total value of the prize fund is £50,000. This includes a top prize of £15,000 for the most innovative social action project, and three runners up prizes of £5000
There will also be four prizes of £1000 for the best examples in each of the five different categories totalling £20,000.
Projects can nominate themselves, or be nominated by others. Expressions of interest should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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