Funding and support for groups involved in counter-extremism
projects in their communities.
From: Home Office
About the programme
The counter-extremism
strategy encourages partnership between the government and
people involved in projects that counter extremism and build
stronger communities.
The Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme
supports civil society and community organisations who work to
increase the resilience of individuals and communities to
extremism, stand up to extremism in all its forms and offer
vulnerable individuals a positive alternative, regardless of
race, faith, sexuality, age and gender. The programme allows
organisations that share these aims to bid for in-kind support
for specific programmes that deliver goals set out in the
Counter-Extremism Strategy.
We have supported 244 groups across England and Wales who are
working to challenge extremism within their community. Details of
the groups we are currently supporting are detailed in the list
of BSBT supported groups
(ODT,
23.2KB).
To help groups expand their reach and influence, the Building a
Stronger Britain Together programme, through a competitive
bidding process, offers in-kind communications support: such as
social media training, technical assistance to help a group
improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group
protect more vulnerable individuals.
Building a Stronger Britain Together programme report
2021
On 29 July 2021, the Home Office published the first Building a Stronger
Britain Together programme report. This report outlines what
BSBT has delivered, as well as presenting final findings from an
independent evaluation of its effectiveness against each of the 5
BSBT workstreams:
- grant funding to civil society organisations tackling
extremism at the local level
- in-kind communications support (IKS) to build the long-term
capacity and amplify the voices of key organisations working to
challenge extremism
- network events and training courses to develop organisations’
understanding of extremism, improve their ability to tackle it
and to share best practice
- counter-extremism community coordinators embedded in selected
local authorities to develop local understanding of extremism and
counter-extremism at the local level
- local and national communications campaigns to address a
range of extremism challenges
Previous report Building a Stronger
Britain Together (BSBT) progress report 2019.
In-kind support – guidance for applicants
Please read the in-kind support guidance
for applicants (PDF, 603KB, 16
pages), the in-kind support guidance
for applicants (accessible version) (PDF, 175KB, 17
pages) or the in-kind support guidance
for applicants in Welsh (PDF, 560KB, 16
pages) . The guidance contains information on:
- the BSBT programme objectives
- who can bid for support
- what in-kind support covers
- how to complete your application form
In-kind support – application
You can apply for in-kind support
here. You will be asked to register your email address, where
you will receive a link to commence your application.
Please note that in-kind support packages must be completed in
line with milestone timings. Before a package is confirmed a
scoping meeting will be held to assess which assets are
deliverable within the delivery time left in the programme.
Should you have any queries about existing in-kind support
applications, please email BSBT@homeoffice.gov.uk.
