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Budget windfall to tackle rise of antisemitism
Charities combating antisemitism are set to receive £1.7million in Monday's Budget in a bid to tackle a rise in the hate crime.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce the pot of money to fund visits to Nazi concentration camps for students, as well as additional school projects such as first hand testimonies from Holocaust survivors.
The money will support pupils’ learning on the Holocaust ahead of the 75th anniversary of Bergen Belsen’s liberation by the British Army in 2020.
The funding comes as the Community Security Trust, an independent organisation committed to the safety and security of the Jewish community, confirmed that 1,382 antisemitic incidents took place in 2017, the highest ever for a calendar year.