Merseyside Police Community Cashback Fund

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Please read the Essential Information before applying. 

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Chief Constable have developed a scheme, which is designed to make funding accessible for grass root community projects that aim to support crime prevention initiatives.  The scheme is funded by Proceeds of Crime Act recovered assets.

 

What is the fund?

Applications for funding must demonstrate how they will contribute to key themes that support policing activity and the force priorities.  Funding for 2024 will be awarded targeted to the theme of:  

• Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Projects should contribute to the prevention of crime - For example, this can be through the promotion of community cohesion, by providing a sense of purpose and community to service users that diverts them away from negative behaviours; by educating service users and the community on the impact of crime and providing intervention for those at risk of becoming involved in such activity.  

 

Projects should focus on:

• Primary Prevention (situational and social prevention), i.e. is directed at stopping a problem before it happens. This involves reducing the opportunities for crime, reducing risk, and strengthening community and social structures.
• And/Or
• Secondary Prevention i.e. seeks to change people, typically those at high risk of embarking upon a criminal career. The focus can be on rapid/effective early interventions (e.g. youth programmes) and/or high-risk neighbourhoods.

 

How much funding can organisations apply for? Groups can apply for up to a maximum of £5000

There is a budget for approximately 20 grants to be awarded in total throughout Merseyside.

 

Closing Date:

5pm on Monday 14^th October

Decisions will be communicated by early January at the latest.

 

We recommend groups take note of the following special criteria before applying:

1. Applicants must have been established for a minimum period of 12 months at the point they apply.

2. Groups who received a Community Cash Back grant last year (decisions communicated in September 2023) are not eligible for consideration for the 2024 round. This is to allow other groups a chance to be considered for a grant from this programme.  

3. Groups who received a 2024 PCC Youth Empowerment Scheme grant (decisions communicated July/August 2024) are not eligible to apply. This is to allow other groups the opportunity to be considered for PCC/Merseyside Police funding.  

4. Groups are excluded from applying if their project has received funding from Participatory Budgeting within the same calendar year – 2024.

5. Priority will be given to applications from high harm areas as defined by socio-demographic data and police crime data.

 

Who can apply?

Voluntary, community and faith organisations, registered charities, not-for-profit social businesses and public sector bodies for non-statutory based provision operating in Sefton, Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens and Wirral (Halton is not covered by this fund).

 

Examples of the types of projects that can be funded (this is not exhaustive):

• Community integration and cohesion delivery focused on fostering understanding between different communities, particularly between communities of a different ethnic background, or different faith (or no faith), or between communities and migrants.
• Programmes for adults or young people which seek to challenge and change potential negative/harmful attitudes and behaviours towards other people of a different ethnic background, or sexuality/identity, or who are living with a disability.
• Intervention for men/young men to change potential negative/harmful attitudes and behaviours towards girls/women.
• Activities that seek to prevent and raise awareness about the impact of hate crime
• Social action projects that seek to raise awareness and address issues affecting historically marginalised people and their rights.
• LGBTQ+ inclusion and pride delivery to help people to feel safe in their communities.
• Raising awareness to prevent exploitation or ‘mate crime’ committed against people with learning differences or people living with disability.
• Advice and information that allows people at risk of discrimination to know their rights

  

What cannot be funded?

•       Individuals
•       Organisations with fewer than three unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members
•       Projects and activities classed as a statutory responsibility
•       Purchase/maintenance of vehicles
•       Private Businesses or CICs Limited by Shares
•       National organisations who do not have local governance and control or local finances
•       Retrospective funding
•       Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
•       Projects or events which promote or condone extremist ideology, activities or terrorism;
•       Academic research, educational bursaries or travel projects
•       If you have already received funding for the same project (i.e. we will not accept multiple or repeat applications for the same project)

 

How to apply?

Please visit the Community Foundation for Merseyside’s website - www.cfmerseyside.org.uk – and complete an online application form (available on the fund page for this grant programme). Once you have submitted the online application, you will need to send the documents listed below. You can attach the documents to your online application, or email them to applications@cflm.org.uk

 

Documents which need to be included with your application:

1. A copy of your governing document

2. A copy of your latest annual accounts or income and expenditure document if a newer organisation

3. A copy of a recent bank statement for your group.

4. A list of your Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members

5. A copy of your current Safeguarding Policy

 

If you have applied to us within the last 12 months and provided this information, we do not need you to send it again although we do need a bank statement dated within the last 3 months.

 

What happens next?

Completed applications are considered by Community Foundation staff to check eligibility and complete due diligence checks. You may be contacted for more information after applying and a decision making panel will make decisions based on the fund’s criteria and the budget available.

 

Decisions will be communicated by early January at the latest.

 

Community Foundation for Merseyside

Third Floor, Stanley Building, 43 Hanover Street,

Liverpool, L1 3DN

Email: applications@cflm.org.uk 

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