The government announced on 13 July 2026 a record £251 million over three years to protect Jewish communities in England and Wales.
The funding is distributed through police forces and covers synagogues, Jewish schools, community centres and Jewish neighbourhoods more broadly. The Community Security Trust works alongside police and government as a partner rather than administering the money directly.
The announcement sets the money against the security backdrop: a series of attacks in London and the raising of the national terror threat level from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the funding delivers "a step-change in protection and policing so Jewish communities can live and celebrate their faith free from fear".
The read for the protective-security sector is a sustained, funded demand signal at faith venues and community sites over a three-year horizon: physical security, guarding, event cover and access control at premises that also sit inside the Martyn's Law preparedness conversation. Providers working the faith and community estate should expect procurement to firm up rather than spike, and to be assessed on credible, standards-based delivery.
