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Commissioner awards
£500k to Lancashire projects
VULNERABLE people, victims of abuse
and children from deprived areas are among those who will benefit from money
that has been seized from criminals in Lancashire.
Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw have announced that the 17
successful applicants will get a share of almost £500,000 that has been
recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Individual grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 will be used to support a
wide range of projects across the county including sports activities for
young people, women's shelters for victims of domestic violence, and support
for victims of sexual abuse.
Funding will go to groups across Lancashire whose projects met the criteria
for the scheme and will help support the Commissioner's priorities of
defending frontline policing, protecting vulnerable people, tackling crime
and reoffending, and supporting victims.
The decision was announced at Burnley FC's Turf Moor Stadium; home of 1
of the successful applicants, Burnley FC in the Community.
Mr Grunshaw said:- "I am delighted to have had the chance to meet some
of the people who will be putting this money to good use right across
Lancashire.
We thought long and hard about the best way to use this money, which was
taken from criminals, and we decided to reinvest some of it into the
community. We looked for organisations that are helping to keep Lancashire
safe and supporting the priorities set out in my Police and Crime Plan.
I was amazed by the quality of the submissions we received and I'm delighted
so many excellent projects will benefit from this money.
We were overwhelmed by the amount of interest in this scheme and we will be
working closely with many of those who were unsuccessful this time to see if
we can find other ways to help get their projects off the ground."
Applications worth £3.6m were received and each application was judged
against set criteria and those that met the required standard were awarded
grants ranging from £5,000 to £100,000.
Some of the successful applicants were:-
► Burnley FC in the Community - £20,000 to support diversionary
activities to support young people in some of the most deprived areas of
Lancashire.
►
Newground - £19,455 to buy
furniture and IT equipment for the new Shadsworth Community Hub to assist
with delivering an education programme aimed at adults to help identify the
warning signs of extremism and right wing radicalisation in children. Other
programmes tackle issues including: bullying, hate crime and anti-social
behaviour.
►
Fylde Coast Women's Aid - £17,922
to Fylde Coast Women's Aid to help refurbish accommodation and improve
security at three women's refuges in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
► Enlighten - £100,000 to support an
early intervention project in Blackpool aimed at young people who have been
victims of sexual abuse and are showing early signs of sexual aggression or
are at risk of victimisation. The funding will provide psychiatric help and
access to mental health wellbeing services.
►
Skelmersdale Action For Youth –
£22,000 to support the 'Let's Get Active' project in connection with Wigan
Athletic FC, delivering sports activities for young people.
►
Preston Community Safety Partnership -
£57,000 to extend and improve the CCTV network in Preston City Centre.
Mr Grunshaw added:- "There is a
fantastic range of work being done in our communities and the different
organisations who will benefit from this money is a great example of that.
These grants mean they will be able to continue their excellent work, expand
into new parts of Lancashire or even set up new schemes to broaden the
services on offer in our county.
I am pleased this money, taken from criminals in Lancashire, will be used to
support victims of crime, protect vulnerable people, tackle crime and
re-offending and defend frontline policing.
I look forward to meeting with some of these groups to hear more about the
exciting work they are doing in the county."
List of successful applicants:-
► East Division,
HARV Domestic Abuse Services,
Accrington,
£50,000...
Money towards cost of purchasing 2 new buildings in Accrington to house
staff and provide support services to victims of abuse.
►Pendle Action for the Community,
Pendle,
£16,788, Providing 1 to 1 support for victims of domestic abuse and training
staff.
Burnley FC in the Community,
Burnley, £20,000...
Funding to help expand the 'Kicks' project in Burnley aimed at bringing
communities together and reduce anti social behaviour and youth crime by
engaging young people, particularly in deprived areas.
► Newground,
Blackburn,
£19,455... For purchasing furniture and IT equipment to go in the new Shadsworth
Community Hub. This will help with provision of education sessions,
including educating adults to recognise the warning signs in children
relating to extremism or right wing radicalisation.
► Families Health and Wellbeing Consortium,
Burnley,
£35,000...
Extending the MEAM project into Burnley (currently in Blackburn), to help
provide support to adults with complex needs.
►Ynot Aspire,
East Lancashire,
£9,999...
An early action intervention project in East Lancashire working with year 8
pupils to prevent crime and cell visits to act as a deterrent.
► Every Action Has Consequences,
Lancashire wide (based in Blackburn)
£14,700...
Project to educate young people about alcohol-related harm and violence. The
money will fund further training and educational packs to hand out to young
people.
► Calico Enterprise Limited,
East Lancashire,
£21,000... Extending an existing pilot project working with people with histories of
offending and substance misuse, including accommodation for those who are
homeless.
► South Division,
Skelmersdale Action For Youth,
Sklemersdale,
£22,000...
Sports activities for young people identified as on the periphery of gang
crime and violence in the Skelmersdale area.
► Preston Community Safety Partnership,
Preston,
£57,000...
Money to extend and improve the CCTV network in Preston.
► Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust (Intact),
Preston,
£13,853...
Improve security at the building, which has been broken into recently, to
help tackle ASB.
► The Haythornthwaite Sports Foundation,
Preston,
£5,000...
Sports programmes aimed at young people identified as vulnerable and at risk
of isolation.
► West Division,
Fylde Veterans CIC,
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre,
£41,100...
Funding to enable veterans to steward events and parades in Lancashire that
would otherwise require a police presence, freeing up officers for other
Police work.
► Fylde Coast Women's Aid,
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre,
£17,922...
Refurbishment and additional security measures at three women's refuges; in
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
► Enlighten,
Blackpool,
£100,000...
Pilot project in Blackpool offering therapeutic support to young people who
have been victims of sexual abuse and are showing signs of sexual aggression
or harmful behaviour, and therefore at risk of further victimisation. |
