Police and Crime Commissioner's Community Fund
Grant details
| Grant size: | Up to £10,000 |
| Apply by: | Friday 16 October 2026 |
| Decision in: | Mid December |
Who is it for?Local groups based in Somerset that meet our minimum standards.
What is it for?To help make communities safer.
What can we use this money for?
This fund offers grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise) groups running projects that help prevent crime, serious violence or antisocial behaviour.
Your project should either make a real difference to safety in a particular neighbourhood, or it should support a group of people who are at higher risk of becoming involved in crime, as victims or as perpetrators.
We will consider projects that tackle any of the following themes from PCC Clare Moody’s police and crime priorities for 2024-2029 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Plan:
- strengthening community relationships and tackling antisocial behaviour
- reducing violent crime, including violence against women and girls and serious youth violence
- preventing crime and building safer communities
- supporting people who have been victims of crime to get the help they need.
Whatever you apply for, you need to be able to tell us clearly how your project helps to prevent crime or harm in the community.
If you can do that then we can fund staff or volunteer time to deliver the project, a contribution to management costs, travel, small items of equipment, training and development, and a contribution to core running costs where these are directly relevant to the project.
Use this page to apply for a project in Somerset, or visit Quartet Community Foundation if your work is in BANES, Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire.
What can’t we use this money for?
We can’t help:
- Statutory bodies of any kind, including local authorities, NHS organisations, maintained schools, academy trusts, and parish and town councils.
- Target hardening measures, including the installation or improvement of locks, entry systems, CCTV cameras, speed cameras or traffic management infrastructure, fencing, gates or other physical security works.
- Environmental improvements or works to public spaces, unless directly and demonstrably linked to reducing specific, identified crime or antisocial behaviour.
- Work already carried out or costs already incurred before a grant is awarded.
- Projects being considered for funding through other Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) or Ministry of Justice funding programmes.
- Organisations that have already received a grant through this programme. This fund runs for two years (2026-2028), and each organisation may receive one grant during that period.
Which groups can apply?
You can apply if you are a constituted community or voluntary group, a registered charity, a charitable incorporated organisation, a community interest company, or a similar not-for-profit body working for the benefit of your community. You will need a governing document, a bank account in your group’s name with at least 2 unrelated people who can authorise payments, and appropriate safeguarding arrangements in place if you work with children or vulnerable adults.
We can consider applications from regional or national organisations, but only where no local group is doing the same work and where your project is specifically targeted within the Avon and Somerset policing area. We will not fund contributions to national campaigns.
How likely am I to get a grant?
We are more likely to recommend a grant if your project clearly explains what you will do and how it will prevent crime specifically in your context.
We will look more favourably on applications from groups working in areas with higher rates of crime and antisocial behaviour, or with people who are at genuine risk of becoming victims or perpetrators. You can explore crime data on Local Insight.
If you have received a grant from us before, we will expect you to have reported on it well.
We will not be able to support every good project that applies. If you are not successful, we will let you know the main reason why, and you are welcome to apply in a future round if your project is still running.
How are decisions made?
Your application will be assessed by a member of our team, who will read through what you have written, check your supporting documents, and may look at publicly available information. We might get in touch if we have questions.
We will then make a recommendation to a panel that includes a representative from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), a representative from Avon and Somerset Constabulary, and an independent representative from the VCFSE sector. The panel makes a recommendation to the Police and Crime Commissioner, who makes the final decision. We will let you know the outcome as quickly as we can.
What happens if we receive a grant?
Grants must be spent on your agreed project and fully reported within 12 months of the award date. We will be in touch before your deadline to let you know what we need from you. If a grant is not used for the agreed purpose or you do not submit a report, we may ask for it to be repaid.
Get help with this funding programme
This funding programme is managed by Andy, our Programmes and Partnerships Director. Andy can help if you:
- aren’t sure if you meet our standards
- aren’t sure if this is the best fund to apply for
- can’t use our online form, need extra support with your application or if English isn’t your first language
- can’t attach the documents we’ve asked for.
If you are based in Bristol, BANES, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire then please apply on their website.
Grant details
| Grant size: | Up to £10,000 |
| Apply by: | Friday 16 October 2026 |
| Decision in: | Mid December |
Who is it for?Local groups based in Somerset that meet our minimum standards.
What is it for?To help make communities safer.
FAQs
You can find our minimum standards and everything else you need to know about applying on our FAQs page.
