Apply for funding

Grants available from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

The Police and Crime Commissioner, through the Commissioning and Partnerships Team, aims to reduce offending and support victims, enabling people to avoid being drawn into the Criminal Justice System.

The Commissioner has pledged to secure services that empower partners and potential partners through regular opportunities to bid for grant funding for projects and contracts. The PCC invites organisations to explain how they can work with the PCC’s team to achieve the PCC’s priorities and make communities safer through looking for new and exciting approaches, whilst still supporting those ideas that have been proven to work.

The Commissioner’s Emerging Needs Fund

The Commissioner is launching this first round of the Commissioner’s Emerging Needs Fund focusing on the theme of Rural Crime.

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have large rural areas which makes policing more challenging and adds to the complexities of crime detection. The majority of residents live in towns, villages and rural areas across the two counties. Rural communities are more frequently becoming victims of serious and organised crime. These often include machine thefts, hare coursing – which leads to illegal gambling – poaching, trespassing, and fly tipping. This is costing farmers and land owners hundreds of thousands of pounds per year. The Commissioner is committed to representing the concerns of rural communities.

Applications must demonstrate how they reduce crime or support victims of crime in a rural setting.

Please ensure you read the Guide to Applying for Funding document
Complete the Safeguarding Checklist

There are four different applications types so please ensure you select the correct one. They are broken down based on if your organisation is applying for funding for a project or for a physical item/s. Also there are different applications based upon the level of funding being requested:

Applications for projects

Applications for a physical item/s

In order to help you prepare your answers before you start your application the application questions can be found here:

Questions for projects

Questions for an item/s

The application window closes at 14:00 (2pm) on Friday 21 April 2023. Applications will NOT be accepted after this deadline regardless of circumstances. Successful applications will be announced in mid to late May 2023.

RESET

The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), supported by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (OPCC) is releasing four grant funding opportunities and encourages innovative bids from expert Providers to deliver RESET which offers support to 18 to 25 year olds.

All applications per Lot Area must:

Align with the Guide to Applying for Funding – RESET so please read this carefully
Include a completed Safeguarding Checklist

Providers can bid to provide the service in more than one Lot Area but must submit a separate application per Lot Area.

Lot Area One – Those 18 to 25 year olds arrested and taken to Basingstoke Police Station & those 18 to 25 year olds who live in Hart, Rushmoor, Basingstoke, Test Valley and Winchester
Lot Area Two – Those 18 to 25 year olds arrested and taken to the Isle of Wight Police Station & those 18 to 25 year olds who live on the Isle of Wigh
Lot Area Three – Those 18 to 25 year olds arrested and taken to Portsmouth Police Station & those 18 to 25 year olds who live in Portsmouth, Havant, East Hampshire, Gosport and Fareham
Lot Area Four – Those 18 to 25 year olds arrested and taken to Southampton Police Station & those 18 to 25 year olds who live in Southampton, Eastleigh and the New Forest

Application

All applications must be completed on our web-based application form that can be found here

In order to help you prepare your answers before you start your application the application questions can be found here

The application window closes at 14:00 (2pm) on Wednesday 29 March 2023. Applications will NOT be accepted after this deadline regardless of circumstances. Successful applications will be announced in mid to late April 2023.

If you are interested in bidding but unable to meet a start date of June, please still submit your application with mobilisation plan, making clear when you would be able to go-live.

Safer Communities Fund

Applications for the Safer Communities Fund 2022 – 2025 are now closed. If you need further information about the awards, please contact the Commissioning Team

Other funding opportunities

Funding South East has compiled a guide to funding opportunities regionally, which may also be able to support your project.

UK Community Foundations has opened applications for infrastructure organisations to support BAME-led charities and groups to access the National Emergencies Trust.