Overview
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed up to £73.4m for protective security across the UK during a visit to Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue on February 19.
- Allocations include up to £28.4m for the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant managed by the Community Security Trust, up to £40m for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, and £5m for other faiths via the Places of Worship scheme.
- Funding will cover on-site security staff along with CCTV, fencing, intruder alarms and floodlights at places of worship, schools and community centres.
- Eligible organisations can apply on a rolling basis directly to the Home Office for support under the relevant schemes.
- The announcement sustains record levels set after a £10m uplift in October 2025, reflecting government responses to rising antisemitism and Islamophobia following the Heaton Park attack.