Faithful Welcome is a partnership project between Faith in Community Scotland and Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees.

It invites people from Scotland’s rich diversity of faith traditions to be part of creating a more welcoming and inclusive society for newcomers and play an integral role in supporting two-way integration.

Small grants are available for local action around the following themes:

– Offering hospitality (e.g. costs of community meals and social events bringing people together)
– Easing integration (e.g. costs of interpreting services; running language classes)
– Enabling participation (e.g. skill-sharing activities such as gardening, sewing, cooking; providing costs of bus passes for travel)

Fund award sizes
Maximum: £500

Who can apply
Local faith group registered as charities in Scotland, whose annual income is normally lower than £80,000, and who normally employ no more than 2 full-time equivalent staff members.

Maximum annual income: £80,000

When to apply
Applications are open now.

How to apply
Apply online via the Faith in Community Scotland website.

Exclusions
Will not consider applications

– For the promotion of, or education in, a particular faith
– For building or large scale refurbishment projects
– For major projects or ongoing running costs of established organisations and projects
– From individuals or projects that benefit only a single individual or family
– From projects not actively working with people experiencing poverty
– For activities outside Scotland