Funding provided to anti-sectarian and anti-racism organisations: FOI release
- Published
- 19 October 2021
- Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Topic
- Equality and rights, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100237840
- Date received
- 8 September 2021
- Date responded
- 29 September 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
How much Scottish Government Funding has been given to the following antisectarian/anti racism organisations over the last 3 years?
Nil By Mouth
Show Racism The Red Card
Call It Out
Ideally I am looking for information from the 1st of April 2018, up to the present day. I would also like to request which Government ministers, if any, were responsible for the awarding of any funding.
Response
Funding Awarded for the organisations are as follows:
| Organisation | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
| Nil by Mouth | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| Show Racism the Red Card |
£50,000 | £50,000 | £62,500 | £0 |
| Call it Out | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
The Nil by Mouth funding awards were made by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Michael Matheson MSP and then Humza Yousaf MSP) and the Show Racism the Red Card awards by the Cabinet Secretary for Community, Social Security and Equalities (Angela Constance MSP) Equality funding: Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund 2017-2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).
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