In response to recent public disorder, the Home Office has introduced a rapid protective security response for places of worship at risk of imminent violent disorder or in the immediate aftermath of such an incident.
Who is eligible
To be eligible, your site must be:
a place of worship (a building where people gather to worship together, such as a church, temple, gurdwara or mosque)
located in an area targeted by protests or violent disorder, or likely to be targeted soon
You can still apply for rapid protective security if you have applied to the following schemes in the past:
The Protective Security for Places of Worship Scheme
The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
The rapid protective security offer does not apply to synagogues. Protective security, including guarding, is already offered to synagogues through the separate Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, which is managed by the Community Security Trust.
Other protective security for faith communities
The Jewish Community Protective Security (JCPS) Grant provides protective security measures, such as security personnel services, CCTV and alarm systems, at synagogues, Jewish educational establishments and community sites in the UK. The JCPS Grant is managed on behalf of the Home Office by the Community Security Trust.
The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme provides protective security measures (such as security personnel services, CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing) to mosques and associated Muslim faith community centres in the UK. Protective security measures are also available to Muslim faith schools.
The Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme provides physical protective security measures, such as CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing, to places of worship and associated faith community centres of all other (non-Muslim and non-Jewish) faiths that are particularly vulnerable to religiously or racially motivated hate crime in England and Wales.