To all of our friends, colleagues, and community stakeholders.

 

It is with immense regret that we announce the closure of Greenwich Inclusion Project.

 

Like many charities, over the last two years we have experienced significant financial issues. We channelled all our skills and abilities into running our vital services and continued to try to raise funds. Despite our best efforts, and after a series of operational challenges developed into crises early this year, the Board of Trustees took control of GrIP. They arranged for a full assessment of our operating position, detailed investigations into GrIP's challenges and possible solutions, gathering of advice, and undertaking of negotiations, but slowly came to the realisation that they could not recover GrIP and had no way to continue operations after August 2025.

 

We cannot tell you how sad this makes us.

 

After 13 years of delivering hate crime support, strategic leadership on race and faith inclusion, supporting refugees, and challenging racism in the community, GrIP closed its doors permanently on 31st August 2025. 

 

Our Hate Crime Intervention Service Coordinator has been transferred to the Royal Borough of Greenwich and continues his important work there. Marc can be contacted at Marc.Lorenzi@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or on 020 8921 4432. 

 

The Greenwich Afghan Resettlement Service (GARS) has been transferred to New Arrivals Support CIC, and Ariana, Mohammad, and Shaymaa continue to settle new arrivals into the borough. They can be contacted on ariana.masoud@nascic.org.uk (07355 676071), mohammad.raufi@nascic.org.uk (07355 652648), and shaymaa.muhammed @nascic.dot.org.uk (07586 596626).

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At this time, we don't know who will take over our strategic equalities work, but we know the Royal Borough of Greenwich is still invested in its delivery. 

 

We know that the damage done by race and faith hate, and social exclusion, continues to affect our communities. We hope that GrIP's spirit of challenging it continues in other local community organisations long after our closure.

 

We offer our sincere thanks for your involvement in our 13-year story.

 

Greenwich Inclusion Project's Board of Trustees