Millennium Award Partnership

Both Rangers and Celtic, together with Glasgow City Council, Nil By Mouth, The Presbytery of Glasgow and the Archdiocese of Glasgow, were successful in late December 2000 in linking together as a partnership and obtaining a £402,000 grant from the Millennium Commission; and the six partners themselves have added a further £72,000.

The award scheme, which will function over a 3 year period, will allow individuals to challenge existing attitudes and assumptions which contribute to division within society. It will focus on existing sectarian social tensions and bigotry in general which create social and other barriers between people of differing faiths. It will make individuals aware of their role through their language, actions and behaviour in determining the shape their society takes. It will empower individuals, with this knowledge, to bring down these barriers within their own lives and community, thereby making a positive contribution to the cohesion of society and the progression of social incusion for all.