The Community Safety Fund can provide funding of between £500 and £35,000 towards projects that meet the scheme criteria and are led by voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises or town and parish councils.
To date, over £1.86m of funding has been committed through the Community Safety Fund to support projects that impact on crime and community safety at the local level, with further funding being made available to support the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan (2024-29) between 2025/26 and 2028/29. This will see an overall investment of £3.35m by the end of the plan period.
Here is PCC Jonathan Evison describing the fund and visiting one of our successful projects.
Application deadlines
Round One closed on 30th June 2022 with 27 applications receiving grants totalling £366,000.
Round Two closed on 3rd October 2022 with 23 applications receiving grants totalling £313,927.
Round Three closed on 14th June 2023 with 32 applications receiving grants totalling £504,754.
Round Four closed on 15th November 2023 with 33 applications receiving grants totalling £288,782.
Round Five closed on 07 October 2024 with 36 applications receiving grants totalling £303,683.
Application Guidance and Deadlines
Round 7 of the Community Safety Fund can provide funding to support projects which involve the purchase of and / or installation of equipment and /or assets which will support the reduction in crime and improvement in community safety.
The following types of projects / activities are likely to be “in scope” for this round of the Fund:
- Purchase of equipment / assets which facilitate activities that will:
- divert people from crime or antisocial behaviour taking place in the local area
- support people who may be particularly at risk of becoming victims of crime, or have previously been victims of crime
- Measures / minor capital work to improve the security of community buildings or assets e.g. security measures, fencing, CCTV, alarm systems etc (this should not include improvements that are a key part of ongoing property maintenance)
- Measures to improve the safety of outdoor public spaces e.g. CCTV installation, fencing etc
This Round of the fund is not designed to fund ongoing revenue-based activities – it is an enabling fund to support the purchase of equipment / assets which can support such activities and for the provision of enhanced security measures for community buildings, assets and outdoor spaces.
Deadline for applications is 03 November 12 noon.
Contact us
To contact us with any queries about the Fund, please use our contact us page.
