Funding available for new community crime prevention projects in Bedfordshire
Community groups are being invited apply for funding which offers financial support for new crime prevention and community safety projects.
The funding is being made available from the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Grassroots Innovation Fund.
The second phase builds on the success of the first round of the Grassroots Innovation Fund, which supported more than 40 innovative projects delivered by voluntary and community organisations across Bedfordshire.
Applications are welcomed from established organisations as well as groups coming together specifically for a project, provided proposals are new and distinct.
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Tizard said: “Every community has a vested interest in preventing crime. Voluntary social action can play an important role in making neighbourhoods and communities safer.
“The second phase of the Grassroots Innovation Fund offers financial support for community groups to develop or implement crime prevention and community safety activities.
“The first round of the Grassroots Innovation Fund has supported over 40 innovative projects.
“I will urge any community group that has a great idea to prevent crime to apply for funding. We are genuinely looking for innovative and even experimental projects. I have every confidence that we will receive many exciting proposals.”
Organisations that received funding in the first round are welcome to apply again - however, the application must be for a new project and not a continuation of previously funded activity.
Those interessted are encouraged to put forward innovative and even experimental ideas, particularly those that focus on prevention, early intervention and stopping harm before it escalates.
Projects should respond to local need and contribute to delivery of the Police and Crime Plan through community or neighbourhood‑based activity.
Funding is available for projects between £100 and £5,000. The funding is one‑off, with applicants asked to consider how their projects could be sustained beyond the grant period through other funding sources where appropriate.
More information will be available at three online drop-in sessions in May.