Grant Round 8 of the Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund, which is making £350,000 available to VCSE groups and organisations across West Yorkshire, is now open.
This grant round will support projects and interventions which will help deliver the new Police and Crime Plan 2024-28.
The Safer Communities Fund is looking for projects which support community led safety which includes funding for training, projects that enable volunteers to enhance and support service or project delivery to develop their skills, knowledge and self-confidence, volunteer led projects/interventions including manager, staffing costs, volunteer coordination costs and costs which support engaging with the sector to tackle or prevent crime and improve community safety.
Anyone delivering in any part of West Yorkshire across Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield Districts can apply.
The fund will also be open to projects which will deliver the BUILD element of Clear, Hold Build (CHB) in four specific areas across West Yorkshire. CHB is a framework designed to improve the local response to tackling serious and organised crime threats, and are inviting projects delivering in BD3 in Bradford, Park Ward in Calderdale, Harehills in Leeds, and Ashbrow in Kirklees to apply. Find out more about Clear, Hold, Build.
The fund closes at midday on 14 July 2025.
Please note you must be available to attend the Awards Evening on 7 October 2025, should your application be successful.
The second round of Future Communities Fund focuses on supporting organisations that are helping young people with experience of the youth justice system to re-build their lives and settle back into their communities.
Grants for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community.
Rosa’s Rise Fund provides organisational development funding for Black and racially minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK.
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