About the fund
The Hate Crime Awareness Fund will be awarding grants of up to £500 to support organisations to deliver activities during Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week (2nd – 6th February 2026) OR up to £750 for activity throughout the month of February 2026. The aim of the fund is to increase people’s understanding of hate crime, how and why hate crime incidents should be reported through Hate Crime Reporting Centres/Ambassadors, and to promote the services available for victims of hate crime.
Hate crime is an offence (physical or verbal) that is targeted at a person based on their:
- race or ethnicity
- disability
- religion or belief
- sexual orientation
- gender identity (transgender)
- subculture (e.g. punks or goths)
Salford’s Community Safety Partnership understands that for the public to have the confidence to report hate crime, they need to know the reports will be taken seriously and dealt with accordingly. The partnership has worked hard to increase reporting of hate crime by working with Hate Crime Reporting Centres/Ambassadors and wider community organisations. This fund aims to boost community confidence by providing small grants for organisations to run fun, engaging and informative community activities in and around Hate Crime Awareness Week 2026.
We would like as many organisations as possible to put in an application to deliver a project during the GMCA Hate Crime week. As we are all aware, there have been ongoing incidents of hate and division recently across Salford, therefore we would like the people of Salford to deliver as many projects as possible promoting cohesion, kindness and tolerance.
Salford is and should always be a place where people can come together and feel safe, valued, welcome and respected.
If your organisation has ideas of how we can strengthen and promote cohesion whilst challenging hate, we would love to hear from you. Please make this a year the year to show hate has no place in our city.
How to apply
Please read the guidance notes in full to ensure your application meets the criteria.
To apply, submit a completed application form in advance of the application deadline.
Application deadline
12pm (midday) on Monday 24th November 2025.