The Commissioner has launched his annual Grants Scheme for 2025/26. Warwickshire organisations with projects and initiatives that help to prevent or deter crime, anti-social behaviour or contribute to road safety, are being invited to bid for funding. 

The Scheme seeks to support projects and initiatives which support his overall aims of reducing crime, supporting victims and making communities safer.

For the 2025/26 grants awards, organisations across the county are being invited to apply for funding of up to £15,000. There are four categories that organisations can apply to:

Last year the Commissioner received 57 applications, and awarded a total of over £270,000 to 32 organisations. 

Opening the application process, Mr Seccombe said: 

“My grants fund is a vital way of supporting initiatives which help to support my ambition to reduce crime, support victims and make communities safer. 

I hope to see applications from a wide range of community groups, charities and other organisations with innovative projects that can make a real difference to communities and victims of crime, as well as those that prevent offences from happening in the first place. 

I know how important it is to proactively engage with our youth, providing them with new skills and a safe space away from negative influences and criminal activity. With this in mind, I am keen to see applications from projects that work with children and young people. 

I also want to see applications being put forward that can make a real difference in making our roads safer, helping to reduce death and serious injuries.

I’m urging anyone who thinks they have a suitable project that can benefit from funding up to £15,000 to go online and apply before the November 29 deadline.”

Projects funded by the PCC’s office under the grants scheme must be delivered within the 2025/26 financial year. Organisations will be able to submit an unlimited number of grant applications. However, the maximum total award is £30,000. There will be a cap on individual project applications of £15,000. 

The closing date for applications is midnight on November 29, 2024. Successful candidates will be announced by the end of January 2025.

For full details about the Commissioner’s Grants Scheme and how to apply, visit: Apply for a grant for 2025/26 - Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire (warwickshire-pcc.gov.uk)