Andy Munns
Another six community groups working to tackle important issues, including youth safety, homelessness and domestic abuse, have received a grant via Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson’s Community Action Fund.
Every year, the PCC’s Community Action Fund is delivered in partnership with Wiltshire Community Foundation and supports voluntary groups to deliver activities aligned with priorities set out in PCC Philip Wilkinson’s #MakingWiltshireSafer Police and Crime Plan 2022-25.
Funding applications were considered by the OPCC panel in January, with applications still being accepted on a rolling basis for next quarter’s decision-making panel.
PCC Philip Wilkinson said: “I’m pleased with the number of applications we’ve received in this window of funding and the standard of those applications has been very high.
“I’d like to thank every group for their interest in my Community Action Fund and for the great work they all do whether that be protecting young or vulnerable people, offering diversionary activities and pathways or providing a space within communities.
“I’m looking forward to seeing these projects develop and visiting as many of the groups as I can to see their great work in action, how they are actively contributing to their communities and helping to making Wiltshire safer by delivering the priorities in my Police and Crime Plan.”
A group, working in and around Salisbury was selected for funding:
Relate Dorset and South Wiltshire – £4,611
The group was established to educate the public concerning the benefits of secure couple relationships, marriage and family life to improve the emotional, sexual and spiritual well-being of individuals, which is derived from committed relationships.
The funding will go towards providing a range of relationship-focused counselling services and also places for male and female domestic abuse perpetrators living in the Salisbury area to attend behavioural change programmes.
Groups can still apply to be considered in the next round of funding.
Please visit the Community Action Fund page for more information on who’s eligible and how to apply.
