Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today named the twenty two projects that will share in a £1.3 m Community leadership Fund aimed at supporting Muslim communities to unlock the potential of local people to take a lead on tackling violent extremism. Building and strengthening community leadership is one of the central aims of the Government’s preventing extremism agenda. The aim is to support people finding solutions to local issues and responding to local concerns. The Community Leadership Fund provides grants to projects that have mainly national reach and scope and places a particular emphasis on those activities that are focused on fostering the leadership skills of Muslim women and young people.

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7 October 2008
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