What work in communities to tackle sectarianism it is funding, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) project.

The Scottish Government is investing over £1 million to support the delivery of community-based work to tackle sectarianism in 2016-17. The funding takes the total Scottish Government investment in work tackling sectarianism to £12.5 million over five years, more than any administration before us.
The 20 projects receiving grant funding in 2016-17 are focussed on taking forward the recommendations of the independent advisory group on tackling sectarianism in Scotland and are set out in the following table:
Organisation
Project
Delivery areas
Local Authority
Funding amount
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap
Glasgow
Glasgow City Council
£40,564
Community Links
Past and Present
Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire Council; and North Lanarkshire Council
£18,581
Citizens Theatre
Divided City
Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire Council
£80,000
Glasgow Womens Library
Equality in Progress – In Her Shoes
Glasgow and Dunbartonshire
Glasgow City Council; and East Dunbartonshire Council
£50,000
Inverclyde Community Development Trust
Gies’ Peace
Inverclyde
Inverclyde Council
£30,000
Faith in Community Scotland, Conforti Institute and Place for Hope
In Wi’ the Mix
West Central Scotland
Glasgow City Council; North Lanarkshire Council; South Lanarkshire Council; and East Ayrshire Council
£80,000
ICthinking (Cambridge) Ltd
I SEE Scotland Ltd
Falkirk
Falkirk Council
£45000
Nil by Mouth
Beyond Relgion and Belief
Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Perth, Kinross, Edinburgh, and West Lothian
North Ayrshire Council; East Ayrshire Council; North Lanarkshire Council; South Lanarkshire Council; Perth and Kinross Council; City of Edinburgh Council; and West Lothian Council
£85,000
North Kelvinside Sports Development Group
Bridges and Barriers
Glasgow
Glasgow City Council
£22,592
Parkhead Youth Project
Nae Mare Excuses
Glasgow
Glasgow City Council
£20,000
Sacro
STOP – (Sacro Tackling Offending Prejudice)
National
N/A
£85,000
Scottish Community Development Centre
Supporting Communities to Tackle Sectarianism (SCoTTS)
West Central Scotland
Glasgow City Council; North Lanarkshire Council; South Lanarkshire Council; and East Ayrshire Council
£40,000
Sense Over Sectarianism
Sense Over Sectarianism
Glasgow
Glasgow City Council
£100,000
Show Bigotry the Red Card

Glasgow City and West Central Scotland
Glasgow City Council
£18,000
Stewartry Community Voluntary Service
Stand Up To Hate
Wigtown; Stewartry; Nithsdale; and Annandale and Eskdale
Dumfries and Galloway Council
£25,000
Supporters Direct Scotland
Colours of Our Scarves
National
N/A
£65,000
West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
Connecting Communities, Challenging Hate
Glasgow; Lanarkshire; Renfrewshire; Argyle and Bute
Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Renfrewshire Council; Argyle and Bute Council
£35,000
Xchange Scotland
Spread the Action!
West Central Scotland
Glasgow City Council; North Lanarkshire Council; South Lanarkshire Council; and East Ayrshire Council
£24,928
Youth Scotland
Stand Up to Sectarianism
National
N/A
£49,961
Youthlink Scotland
Action on Sectarianism Optimisation and Outreach
National (online)
N/A
£61,995
Voluntary Action Fund
Fund Grant Managers
National
N/A
£77,082
TOTAL
£1,053,703.00
There is a very strong focus on education within the work being delivered, particularly through the work of Sense Over Sectarianism; Nil by Mouth; Show Bigotry the Red Card; Citizen’s Theatre and Bridging the Gap, and this builds on educational resources that have been developed since 2012 and are currently available free of charge through the Action on Sectarianism website including 20 resource packs, 16 case studies and an interactive timeline of the history of religion, migration and society in the making of modern Scotland.
Other approaches that will be taken in 2016-17 include direct community engagement through Inverclyde Community Development Trust; football based initiatives bein