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“The ocean is like God and raindrops are the religion. When they fall into the ocean they become one.”
Zoya Ahmed and Nurun Uddin
Projects That Spark
Since 2004 Westhill has invested grants totalling more than £4.8 million mainly in the UK but with some international impact as well.Click here to view all of our projects or follow the categories tabs to the left of this page. These pages showcase the sort of projects in which Westhill has been privileged to invest. Our focus is primarily in religious education projects and faith-motivated activities that enable individuals to transform their lives and the life of their communities through dialogue and understanding.
Your project featured on our website
As part of our funding Westhill invites projects that it supports to use this section of our website to communicate and promote their work. As well as promotion this can be an ideal way to inspire people, to make links with other organisations, and to show what your project has achieved when you apply for future grant funding. All you need to do is send your information to us, when requested, and then direct people to your website which will have its own domain name, for example: www.westhillendowment.org/Yourprojectname.
11+ Free Tuition Bursaries
Grammar Schools were always designed to improve social mobility….. So what has happened…?
Fairview Education provides Free Tuition Bursaries to disadv...
Shieldfield Art Works is an arts organisation based in Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne. SAW believes art and creativity are integral parts of human life, and with art’s unique ability to art...
Diverse Voices
Bolton Lads and Girls Club (BLGC) is an innovative and progressive young people’s charity based in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Established in 1889, our mission is to enable...
Faces (Faiths Against Child Sexual Exploitation) are a Christian-Muslim charity with a mission to build resilience within faith communities against child sexual exploitation and other forms of harm...
Imago Dei is a Christian charity founded in 2016, working in the Criminal Justice Sector to provide courses for women in prison and continuing ongoing support once they leave prison.
Worki...
The Natashas Project “What will Farah do?” Primary school educational theatre piece.
Thanks to Westhill Endowment’s generous grant, we have begun the early stages of creating a...
Caritas Aspire Education
Aspire Education is a project of Caritas Diocese of Salford, a social action charity based in the North West of England. Aspire Education works with refugees and asylum...
The Avon Indian Community Association (AICA) is an umbrella organisation for Indian communities living in the Bristol area. Our vision is to provide a platform for promoting social cohesiveness wit...
Faith in Birmingham: Street Photography
Peter Vale is a street photographer passionate about capturing the colour and diversity of the city of Birmingham’s religious landscape. Using...
Interfaith Harmony, Encounter and Action
Our project aims at building strong, integrative relationships between minority and majority communities. It runs in several areas of the UK.
Celebrat...
Graduate Project at Greenbelt 2023
The Student Christian Movement is a community of students, past and present, deeply committed to an inclusive, progressive and radical approach to the Christia...
Learning about good community relations in South Asian Heritage Faith Communities.
There have been tensions in Leicester between members of different communities during the past eighteen months....
Faiths, Neighbours, Changemakers
The Smethwick Places of Worship Heritage Trail will be a chance for people to visit Smethwick, explore the diverse faith communities and learn about the history...
Providing Specialist Support in Prisons
Cruse has a long history of supporting grieving prisoners. Over the past three years our ‘Grief Inside’ project, funded by The Ministry of Jus...
Coventry & Warwickshire Worldviews: Images That Speak
Our project aims to create a professional photograph pack which will reflect the diverse nature of our local communities as a rich resou...
Peace at the Heart of Scottish Schools: Travelling Peace Education Exhibition
We are creating an exhibition, ‘Peace at the Heart of Scottish Schools’ to demonstrate the value of peac...
Empowering the church to safely help offenders live crime free lives
Sixty-One helps prisoners and ex-prisoners lead meaningful crime-free lives within Greater Bristol. We do this by inspiring,...
Campus Leadership Programme
The Campus Leadership Programme run by the Council of Christians and Jews equips university students from different faith backgrounds to run interfaith events on thei...
ACCEPT is a small charity whose vision is improved mental health for those experiencing difficulties and good mental health for the wider population, whose activities mostly take place at a communi...
Lichfield Cathedral is undertaking a year-long project to restore its central spire and increase engagement with its heritage. To do this, we are creating a community theatre project bringing to li...
