Limmud is stepping up support for encouraging creativity in the community by extending its micro-grants fund.
Over the past two years, it piloted a scheme to sponsor new projects led by members of its young leadership programme.
Now 15 grants of up to £2,000 will be open more widely to volunteers within the organisation to create “impactful grassroots projects”.
Limmud has been joined by the Anglo-Jewish Association, which has provided backing for the fund.
The pilot scheme led to the initiation of 11 new projects.
They included a book club tracking the Jewish calendar to help people find new ways to connect to the Jewish calendar; “Drunk Parsha”, an evening inspired by the TV series Drunk History to explore the weekly Torah portion through comedy and performance; People of the Body, an art exhibition on the theme of the human body featuring 10 young artists; and Club Simcha, a series of events for creatives in Glasgow that included a Friday night dinner with puppetry and poetry.
David Hochhauser, co-curator of the People of the Body exhibition, said, “The Microgrant Fund is a great opportunity to create the events in the community that you would like to attend that are not yet happening.”
Fund volunteer Jacob Smith said, “We’re really exciting to be launching the next round of the Limmud Microgrant Fund and to fund another set of innovative projects that expand Jewish horizons and create connections across the community. I would encourage everyone with a project idea to apply.”
