Funding made to Jewish organisations , specifically the Hate Crime Security Fund: FOI release

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The Hate Crime Security Fund (HCSF) for Places of Worship (POW) provided a one-off £500,000 fund for security measures for POW in Scotland that are vulnerable to hate crime. Funding payments were made between November 2021 and March 2022.

The total number of applications from Jewish POW was 4, for which all 4 of the applications were successful. The total amount awarded to Jewish POW was £36,250.99.

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