Community Safety Partnerships and voluntary and community organisations, based in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, are able to bid for up to £5,000 for local initiatives which help to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and increase feelings of public safety.
Police and Crime Commissioner, Darryl Preston has today announced funding for twelve projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from his Prevention Fund: Criminal funds reinvested into communities to prevent crime.
The Fund sees profits recovered from criminal activity rerouted into community projects which help to prevent crimes such as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and anti-social behaviour.
Below is a list of those awarded:
- £4,000 to establish two Marine Training Corps at Murrow and Wisbech. The money will fund equipment and pay initial rent costs
- £5,000 to Huntingdonshire District Council to help fund pro-active youth work with Future Scooters at Ramsey skate park
- £2,775 to Fenland District Council for equipment to support and expand the litter picking and clean-up work of ‘Street Pride’ groups across the area and promote this work to youth groups and young people
- £600 to support the delivery of educational workshops linked to the Knife Angel during its visit to Ely in the summer granted to Cambridgeshire County Council
- £265 to the Fenland Community Safety Partnership as a contribution to the cost of redeploying a CCTV mobile device to target and successfully disrupt a specific anti-social behaviour issue in Wisbech
- £2,685 for graffiti removal equipment to support Fenland District Council clean-up work
- £5,000 for Cambridge City Council for targeted outreach work at three schools to engage youngsters who are involved in anti-social behaviour or at risk of exploitation
- £5,000 awarded to Phoenix Youth Provision to provide continued support and engagement to young people over the summer. The project is for youths involved in programmes funded by the serious violence reduction programme
- £1,200 for Fenland District Council for monitoring cameras that can be placed in fly-tipping hot spots across the area
- £5,000 awarded to PEGS (Parental Education Growth Support) for raising awareness of the professional support available for families where there is child to parent abuse
- £5,000 awarded for enhanced work with people in the St Neots area at risk of being involved with ASB. Funding granted to the Youth for Christ organisation
- £3,500 for Cam Skate’s renovations of the Donkey Common skatepark at Parkside.
If you know of any local projects that might benefit from this funding, please visit the Commissioner’s website for further detail and application criteria: Prevention Fund – Small Grants.