Second round of funding under the Government’s Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme is now available for Churches, mosques, gurdwaras and temples. Places of worship have until 29 May to apply for the funding, which can be used to pay for security measures such as CCTV, alarms, external lighting and perimeter fencing.
In order to qualify, places of worship must show evidence that they are vulnerable to a hate crime attack or have experienced one within the last two years.
The first round of support under the £2.4m scheme, which was announced by the Home Secretary as part of the Hate Crime Action Plan last July, was awarded in November. This saw 45 churches, 12 mosques, one Hindu temple in South West England (which has been subjected to hateful graffiti, was awarded £9,319.20 for CCTV, security lighting, and gated fencing) and one Gurdwara given a total of £405,000 to help pay for security measures. The places of worship given funding include the below:
This funding comes after the Home Office awarded over £300,000 under a separate programme worth nearly £1m to help nine community projects which are carrying out innovative schemes to help tackle specific types of hate crime.
