The types of project that will benefit from the Preventing ViolentExtremism: Community Leadership Fund include community and businessleadership courses for young Muslims as well as schemes that promoteequal opportunities.
Announcing the fund, then-communities secretary Ruth Kelly praisedcourses run by training organisation Common Purpose, which offersparticipants the chance to work as apprentices for community andbusiness leaders. Kelly said: "This fund will support potentialcommunity leaders, women and young people to help shape the places theylive."
Applications for funding are open until 31 March 2008 or until the moneyruns out.
- www.communities.gov.uk.
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