Deadline: 30-Nov-22
Neighbourhood Watch has launched the applications for Community Grants Fund.
Purposes
- Promote, for the benefit of the public, good citizenship, community safety and greater public participation in the prevention and detection of crime;
- Promote public support for the work of the police service and other partners in the protection of people and property from, and the prevention of, crime.
Values
- Neighbourly – They aspire to be good neighbours.
- Community focused – They bring people together.
- Inclusive – They are welcoming to all people.
- Proactive – They are active within communities, and they are relevant in today’s world.
- Trusted – They are dependable, caring, respectable, approachable and supportive.
- Collaborative – They work as a team, in partnerships and within communities.
What they fund
They are keen to fund new, innovative work that helps further their 2020-2025 strategy.
- Funding Priorities are:
- Crime prevention activities
- Community cohesion (perhaps with an emphasis on supporting others through the cost-of-living crisis they are experiencing)
- Enhancing the role of volunteers
- Improving the community environment and wellbeing
- Proactively engaging/involving people underrepresented in NW e.g. BAME, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, or young people’s voices (will require relevant safeguarding procedures to be in place)
- Building or enhancing local networks and relationships
Funding Information
- The size of grants for the Spring 2022 round ranged between £100 – £500. Groups could only hold one grant at a time and could only hold one grant in each financial year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Their grants are only for registered Neighbourhood Watch members who are representatives of a registered and recognised Neighbourhood Watch scheme, group, Area or Association in England and Wales. Registered and recognised means: any Association who has signed the MoU; or any area that has signed an area (non-voting) MoU; or any scheme that is registered either on Alert or is formally registered with an Association as previous.
What they do not fund
- Activities that are not charitable in law
- Activities where the primary benefit is to enable a public body to carry out its statutory obligations
- Activities that have already taken place (retrospective funding)
- Grants intended for individuals
- Street CCTV units, street patrols, PCSOs, or private street security personnel
- Items that are already provided by your Association
- Websites
- Grant making, or equivalent gifts in kind, by other organisations
- Privately owned and profit-distributing companies or limited partnerships
- Financial service fees
- Any work that does not align with their values and objectives
For more information, visit https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/communitygrants
