Deadline: 18-Mar-22
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is looking for organisations to develop and run creative projects to celebrate, commemorate and educate about the Windrush Generation and their contribution to British economic, social, and cultural life under its Windrush Day Grant Scheme. This includes those who arrived on the ship, their contemporaries, and descendants, as well as those who came on the vessels and planes in the decades afterwards.
The Windrush Day Grant Scheme will support groups to commemorate, celebrate and educate people about the contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants across communities in the country.
Aims
- They are looking for projects to focus primarily on one of the headline aims of the Windrush Day Grant Scheme, as follows:
- To educate people about the Windrush story, seeking to build awareness of historical facts and deepen understanding about the Windrush Generation and their descendants. This includes those pioneers who arrived on the MV Empire Windrush in 1948, and those who came on vessels and planes in the decades afterwards.
- Foster a greater sense of pride for the contributions made by British Caribbean communities among wider communities. The Windrush Generation and their descendants have contributed a great deal to society over more than seven decades. They invite proposals for projects that proactively support and encourage people from different backgrounds to embrace this aspect of the shared history.
- Celebrate and recognise. They want projects to celebrate and recognise the contribution that the Windrush Generation and the wider British Caribbean community have made to Britain.
- In addition, all proposals must seek to:
- Build community cohesion between people of different age groups and ethnic backgrounds and across all regions of the country. Projects should encourage communities to work together across generational and social divides. The Windrush Generation and their descendants live and work in communities around the country, and events and activities should engage with them, as well as with those from different age groups and ethnic backgrounds.
- Be community-led and have a positive social impact. They want projects to be developed by, or with, the British Caribbean community, and for organisations to carefully consider how the project will create a positive social impact in their local area, helping to galvanise communities to work together to embrace positive aspects of their shared identity.
Tiers
- Potential activities for achieving the aims of the scheme in Tier 1 could be:
- Public celebrations and community activities
- Education through culturally relevant activities and events
- Exchange visits and programmes
- Religious services
- Arts projects
- Cultural programmes
- Examples of potential tier two projects:
- Bring together local partners and communities to create an artistic project
- Run a short-term scheme that supports young descendants of the Windrush community and young people from other backgrounds to improve their academic, vocational or entrepreneurial skills
- Run a range of unique and high-profile events/ activities in partnership with local schools, museums and libraries
Funding Information
- They have a budget of up to £500,000 to fund activities across England.
- This year, there are two tiers of funding:
- Tier 1: smaller projects, of a value of between £5,000 and £25,000
- Tier 2: larger projects, of a value between £25,000 – £50,000
Eligibility Criteria
Organisations are eligible to apply if:
- They are registered: charities, exempt charities Community Interest Companies, social enterprises, community benefit societies.
- meet all the following criteria as demonstrated by submitting additional supporting documents:
- They are established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.
- They have a governing body with at least three members.
- They have a governing document which they can produce.
- They can provide accounts demonstrating good financial health across both of the last two financial years.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2022-windrush-day-grant-scheme/windrush-day-grant-scheme-2022-guidance-for-applicants
