Wellingborough Inter-faith Group has been given the cash after applying for a Faith In Action grant to spend on raising awareness of the different faiths of people living in and around the town.
The money will be spent over the next two years on p
utting "themed bags" teaching aids into schools to show how all the different faiths have links to topics such as water.
Some of the money will also be used to hire a community project worker.
Valerie Anslow from the group said: "It means we will be able to invite people such as dancers and other artists to events to show different faiths and it will help us to develop the group itself by helping with paperwork.
"We are also looking to employ a project worker to take part in two projects over the next two years."
The first project will be to make a large piece of artwork featuring all of the different faiths living in Wellingborough and the second project will be placing the themed bags into schools.
Mrs Anslow added: "The members of the group are very excited by the money and what we can do with it.
"We want these things to represent areas that are symbolic across all faiths and so people living in the same community can see the common links."
The Interfaith Group invites any new members to attend its meetings on the first Tuesday of every month from 7.30pm at the Victoria Centre – or to attend the annual general meeting on Tuesday, July 14, at 7.30pm. There will be a panel of speakers who will be answering the question "How does faith influence your public life?" Speakers will include councillors Tom Partridge-Underwood and Shashi Dholakia and Inspector Inam Khan from Northamptonshire Police.
For more information on the group email
info@victoriacentre.org.uk.
