# Electoral Commission launches grant scheme to encourage involvement in democracy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/04/09/electoral-commission-launches-grant-scheme-encourage-involvement-democracy/
- Published: 2006-04-09T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A new scheme being launched by The Electoral Commission is inviting applications
for grants to engage some of the most disenfranchised people in the UK and to encourage
their participation in the democratic process.
The Commission will be awarding grants
of up to £300,000 over three years for projects that encourage participation among
young people outside formal education, people from ethnic minority communities and
people with disabilities.

 

 

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The new grants scheme will replace the Commission’s New Initiatives Fund which has
funded projects such as Voluntary Action Leicester’s Active Voices – workshops for
people with learning disabilities; and CEWC-Cymru’s Training for Democracy project
in Wales – supporting teachers and young people in citizenship education.

 

 

The scheme will be open for applications on 10th April 2006. Application forms will
be available online.

 

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