Groups and organisations can apply for grants of up to £1,500 to help deliver Newcastle’s Holocaust Memorial Day programme in 2024. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 31 July 2023.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024 is Fragility of Freedom.
- Click here to download the application form
- Click here to download the funding criteria and guidance (also summarised below)
Holocaust Memorial Day in Newcastle
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year. The day is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Allied troops at the end of World War 2. It is a day to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust and the genocides that followed. Each year Holocaust Memorial Day focuses on a theme that aims to help us learn more about the past, to empathise with others and to work towards a better future.
Newcastle has been an active and committed contributor to the national Holocaust Memorial Day programme since its inception in 2000. The programme allows our city to commemorate and show our respect for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides and engages residents from all backgrounds in delivering a programme of creative and educational activity which:
- Recognises and examines discrimination and discriminatory behaviour and its consequences
- Encourages appropriate opposition to discrimination
- Creates a better understanding of the history and origins of people and communities that have settled in our city
- Encourages greater tolerance and social inclusion, and
- Contributes to the council’s ambitions around equality.
Newcastle’s programme is nationally recognised and, in 2007, we became the first UK city that was not a national capital to host the National Commemorative Event. In 2015, Newcastle City Council stopped delivering Holocaust Memorial Day directly. Instead they decided to offer funding to independent projects that provided a focal point for remembrance. The programme has grown and now includes dozens of activities including films, plays, concerts and lectures. This approach has been a great success and has created opportunities for more people to be involved in a way that includes and reflects the diversity, experiences, skills and knowledge of the people and communities who live and work in Newcastle. There are a mix of online and in person activities.
Funding criteria
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 is Fragility of Freedom. All projects will need to relate to the theme. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust have created a theme, vision and other resources that reflect the theme of Fragility of Freedom. You might find these helpful when you are developing your project. You can find out more about Fragility of Freedom and why it is so important online here
Applications are invited for grants of up to £1,500 from organisations who would like to contribute to our Holocaust Memorial Day programme 2024. We welcome ideas that can be delivered online, in-person or a mix of both (hybrid). Although there are currently no COVID-19 restrictions, if there are changes, we will need to follow government guidance. When deciding if an activity should be online, in person or both the question we need to think about is ‘how can we reach and engage the greatest number of people in the city most effectively and in the safest way?’ We are also keen to connect with our local communities and engage as many people as possible
What can be funded
The aim of the Newcastle Holocaust Memorial Day Fund is to support the development and delivery of activities which:
- Commemorate those who were persecuted and or killed during the Holocaust or other genocides
- Improve understanding and increase awareness of the Holocaust and other genocides and their victims, particularly amongst children and young people
- Engage the interest of an increased number and a broader cross section of Newcastle residents in understanding the Holocaust and other genocides
- Encourage appropriate opposition to the behaviours and attitudes that characterise discrimination and victimisation of all kinds, and the Holocaust and other genocides in particular, and
- Recognise and celebrate the courage and suffering of survivors