The Near Neighbours programme offers small grants between £250 and £5,000, as seed funding for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours, to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities. 
Grants have offered funding to a broad range of work; environmental, social, cultural, artistic, and sporting, that furthers the programme’s aims of encouraging social interaction and social action.
Projects should:
• Bring together peoples of two or more different faiths and/or ethnicities, to build friendships and develop relationships of trust
• Work locally. The Near Neighbours programme wants to see people who are living very locally (i.e. in the same street, estate or neighbourhood) come together
• Work sustainably. The Near Neighbours programme wants to see long term and natural relationships grow, that will last beyond the period of funding
• Work to improve the community. The Near Neighbours programme wants to see people working to make their communities a better place to live
• Involve diverse people in planning and implementation. People from more than one faith group and/or ethnicity are involved in planning and implementing the proposal
Decisions on all grant applications will aim to be made within 14 days of receiving all the necessary information.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.cuf.org.uk/near-neighbours-small-grants
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until Friday 17 November 2017.