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Community Fund

4th of September, 2024

The Commissioner will be welcoming applications from Community Safety Partnerships, local organisations, charities, community groups and Parish and Town Councils for short term intervention projects that have a specific focus on preventing crime and anti-social behaviour (projects must be completed by 31st March 2025).

The Commissioner will be looking for applications that:

  • Have a specific focus on preventing crime and anti-social behaviour.
  • Deliver short term, time specific intervention projects that provide additional activity above the organisations core functions
  • Evidence strong links with the local policing team and / or local Community Safety Partnerships
  • Tackle the problems within their neighbourhoods through prevention, diversion, and intervention
  • Evidence they have appropriate referral pathways in place to target vulnerable people
  • Are innovative and creative – take a new approach to tackle long term problems
  • Which are well planned, realistic and have aims which are achievable
  • Will make a lasting difference to the people within the local community

Fund criteria

  1. Applications must demonstrate how their project has a focus on preventing crime and anti-social behaviour.
  2. The maximum amount that can be applied for is £5,000.
  3. Applications from local community groups, organisations, charities and Parish and Town councils must demonstrate how they are working with the local policing team and/or the local Community Safety Partnership.
  4. Local community groups, organisations and charities must supply their Articles of Association and previous two years accounts with their application.
  5. The Commissioner will require evidence of continued maintenance of any capital assets purchased through the fund.
  6. All organisations must have appropriate policies and procedures in place including safeguarding where appropriate, health and safety and equality and diversity.
  7. All projects and schemes must be completed by 31st March 2025 and applicants must complete and return an evaluation form.

For more information and to complete the form, please visit: Online Funding Hub (sums.org)