Community Fund projects 2021/22

Author Visit – Raising Awareness of County Lines

Poems & Pictures Ltd – £9,400.00 awarded – Countywide

• Funding will enable author visits into 20 schools across North Yorkshire and York, with the support of PCSOs and Schools Liaison Officers, on the topic of county lines, grooming and consequences of carrying knives;
• Project will be aimed towards Years 6 and 7 to ensure early intervention; schools will be targeted using an informed approach, in partnership with NYP and NYCC, ensuring age and development appropriate content with an evidence based resource;
• Supported delivery by NYP School Liaison Officers will ensure consistent and appropriate messages, together with further support if required;
• The schools will be provided with the resource and knowledge base to self-deliver the product yearly as part of their Crime & Punishment curriculum.

Upper Wharfedale Rural Watch Group – Laptops

Upper Wharfedale Rural Watch Group – £2,994.95 awarded – Craven

• UWRWG are a group of local people within Upper Wharfedale from all backgrounds that are committed to supporting the police in the prevention of crime. They go out on a regular basis to provide intelligence, report active crime to support local policing;
• Funding will be used for the purchase of 5 x laptops and software package, to greater support Upper Wharfedale Rural Watch to provide North Yorkshire Police with improved information;
• 5 laptops will enable video conferencing and support the vast geographical coverage of Craven.

Driveway Car Port

Resurrection Bikes –  £1,230.14 awarded – Harrogate

Resurrection Bikes is a community project whose aims are to fix up donated bikes and sell them to raise funds for several charities; to donate fixed bikes to people in need and unfixed bikes for use in prison training projects.

This one-off funding will enable the project to erect a car port to support socially distanced appointments and enhance use of space;

Carport will also provide shelter for pop up events on the driveway and allow more people working in the workshops to expand capacity to take short term volunteers;

Project will link with Neighbourhood Police, Youth Justice Service, North Yorkshire Sport “Stepping Up project” and North Yorkshire Youth “Change Direction”, to ensure a targeted approach to referrals / development of volunteers and provide additional mentoring / diversion opportunities.

Robert Street Gates

Robert Street Residents – £4,500.00 awarded – Selby

Funding will enable installation of gates at the Finkle Street end of Robert Street in Selby to help eliminate constant late night noise and anti-social behaviour;

The aim of the project is to eliminate late night anti-social behaviour, drug dealing and vandalism, improving the quality of life and safety of the residents of the street.

The project hopes to improve the wellbeing of the thirteen households and four businesses situated on the street, as well as freeing up police resources at peak times and reducing crime figures.

The project is linked and supported by the local Community Safety and police team to support a joined-up approach.

Kyra Women’s Project

Safe and Strong – £6,410.00 awarded – York

• Funding will support a new project for 24 women, consisting of Self-Defence and Self-Esteem (ESTA) courses;
• ESTA is designed specifically to address the low self-efficacy and self-esteem of some women. Through a wide range of practical, hands-on workshop activities, ESTA will build women’s strength and self-confidence;
• Four blocks of courses will be run between July 2021 and January 2022;
• KYRA have introduced a blended model of delivery and seen an increase in demand; supported links with York Women’s Wellness Centre and other organisations will ensure a targeted approach to those most in need.

Ripon Community Awareness Campaign

Crimestoppers Trust – £5,500.00 awarded – Harrogate

Funding will enable two targeted Crimestoppers and Fearless (young people) social media campaigns in Ripon, aiming to educate communities on the importance of reporting crime.

Crimestoppers will link with other existing work taking place in the area to support a joined-up approach, including with North Yorkshire Police, Community Safety Hub and local youth projects.

Filling the Gap

Futureworks NY – Scarborough – £8,600.00 awarded

Funding will support a new 26-week project, delivered to 15 young people who have dropped out of education over the past 12 months, engaging them in training and education within Furniture Works project and supporting them to move on to further learning.

Targeted promotion of the project will take place to ensure appropriate referral pathways in place;

• Youth justice
• Early Help
• Social care
• Local schools
• Neighbourhood police
• Community Impact team

Futureworks will adopt a pro-active approach to ensuring young people remain engaged in the project until completion, with a planned exit strategy. Programme includes mix of education/careers, personal development, practical, volunteering.

Filey Skate Park

Scarborough Borough Council partnership with Ravine Skate Park Group – Scarborough – £8,500.00 awarded

Funding will support flood lighting as part of a new concrete skate park facility in Filey. Flood lighting will help create a safe and welcoming environment to maximise the skate park’s usage in the winter months.

City Kickabout

York City Football Club Foundation – York – £13,100.00 awarded

Funding will support the full re-establishment of physical activity youth sessions for two evenings per week in Huntington and Acomb between September and July 22. City Kickabout sessions are football drop in, informal and diversionary activities for ages 8-12 and 13-17.

Aimed at young people who don’t not normally engage in physical activity and to address increase in anti-social behaviour, the project will ensure referrals are targeted through North Yorkshire Police, Youth Justice Service, Community Safety Hub, North Yorkshire Youth.

Community Buddies

Broadacres Housing Association – Hambleton, Richmondshire, Scarborough – £3,974.66 awarded

Broadacres deliver housing related support to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs, based in Richmondshire, Hambleton and Scarborough. Funding will enable physically inactive tenants access to outdoor gym equipment.

Staff will offer support to individuals to promote general well-being; support planning and agreed goals. Outdoor gym equipment will provide a stepping-stone for the tenants within the scheme to build confidence to access locally available gyms and other fitness opportunities.

All 18 vulnerable individuals at any one time living in the supported accommodation due to their diagnosed mental health conditions will be actively encouraged to access the equipment to support positive mental health.

Broadacres will adopt a pro-active approach to engaging with local police, community safety and fire teams to support relationships, especially when new tenants move into the accommodation.

The Martial Way

Broughton Road Community Centre – Craven – £19,617.60 awarded

Funding will support delivery of martial arts and wrestling sessions at Broughton Road Community Centre to local young people. 5 sessions will run each week over 50 weeks, engaging up to 15 young people in each session.

A key focus of the project will be to divert young people from engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour. Project will link with NYP, NYFRS and other partners to ensure a targeted approach to referrals, as well as support with delivery of additional sessions covering crime and safety issues.

Water Activities

6th Ripon Cathedral Scout Group – Harrogate – £987.56 awarded

The Police Property Fund Funding will support purchase of PPE replacement kit to support water based activities and increase participation for young people in water sports.

The project will promote a targeted, linked approach to attracting new young people who wouldn’t normally be able to benefit / access through local links with Community Safety Hub and Neighbourhood Police Team.

York Rescue Boat – medical training and equipment

York Rescue Boat – York – £3,664.67 awarded

Funding will support medical training equipment for the Defra Flood Rescue Team. The equipment will ensure the team stay qualified in the use of IGel airways. This includes airways management training aids that will last a number of years and spare consumables including lungs, airways and lubricants. York Rescue boat will ensure a collaborative approach to training opportunities through links with NYP and NYFRS.

Skipton Youth Voice and Good Citizenship Project

Leaders Unlocked – Craven – £18,000.00 awarded

Skipton Youth Voice and Good Citizenship Project is a peer-led delivery model that equips and supports young people from the area to engage with a larger number of other young people through a ‘Big Conversation’ to explore the issues and potential solutions to the problems they face. The project will provide a structured method that enables young people aged 14-25 to shape and influence decisions about their area.

Project will recruit and equip a group of 12-15 young adults aged 14-25-year-olds, that represent the diverse communities living in the local area. They will be provided with the skills training, tools, and support to engage other young people in a ‘Big Conversation’ about their key issues.

The members will conduct vital peer-to-peer research with other young people in their community, with a focus on hearing from young individuals living in the Broughton Road area to establish what changes they want.

• Read the Skipton Youth Voice Project – Final Report December 2021

Replacement of essential boxing equipment

Northallerton Amateur Boxing Club – Hambleton – £2,320.00 awarded

Funding will support the club with the purchase of new, essential equipment. The club is aiming to expand so that it provides a venue for children and young people to train five evenings a week from the Town Hall.

Local, targeted young people will encouraged to attend and support improved links with local police team.

Age UK York – Home Services Directory

Age UK – York – £3,262.00 awarded

Funding will support production of 2,000 trusted Home Services Directories, so that older people can live safely and independently in their own homes in York. The directory, also available online, will include the details of tradespeople and service providers in York as well as information on how to be scam aware.

Age UK will carry out appropriate checks in line with online trusted trader schemes and traders will be issued with an identification badge to show.

The Directory will be promoted at events and with partner organisations.
Link to Trusted Traders: Trusted traders in York (ageuk.org.uk)

Adfam@Home

Adfam  – Countywide – £19,656.00 awarded

Funding will enable a pilot on-line service, that supports families affected by a loved one’s substance misuse, to prepare them for release or provide support within the community.

Provision will be extended to pilot a specific support service for 50 individual family members per annum whose loved one is in prison or on probation.

Adfam@Home will provide family members with up to 6 one-to-one sessions with a professional family support worker, who will provide adult family members with the support, information and tools they need to play a positive role in their loved one’s recovery while engaged in the criminal justice system.

The service offers remote one to one support sessions via telephone or Zoom. Service will work closely with local partners to ensure effective referral pathways and commissioners to support longevity.

The Dales, Safe for Everyone

Cave Rescue Organisation, partnered with Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association and MOSAIC Outdoors – Craven – £988.00 warded from the Police Property Fund

Funding will support partnership project with communication approaches to potential Dales visitors from BAME communities and other vulnerable groups , to give them confidence to go into the hills, help them to be properly prepared and equipped to go safely, then know what to do if help is needed.

Part One of the project will involve constructing a frame with printed banners to advise on preparedness for the hills, rescue team awareness and how to call for help. These will direct people to a simple free leaflet on the same themes, being given out, on site.

Part Two of the project will involve the production of short videos for posting on social media, ‘fronted’ by presenters with whom people from those communities will identify, speaking against backdrops of iconic Dales scenery, with which they can also identify.

Attention will be drawn to these videos in relevant media – on-line and print – but also by the distribution of small promotional posters to community centres and other meeting points, close to where the ‘target audience’ communities live.

Specialist sexual violence and domestic abuse training for volunteers

York Women’s Counselling – York – awarded £3,050.00

Funding will enable the service’s 21 volunteer counsellors to receive specialist domestic abuse, coercive control and sexual / violent trauma training from IDAS.

This will ensure all are specially equipped to work with survivors of domestic abuse, sexual trauma and childhood trauma, enhancing and adding value to existing services.

This will support long-term cope and recovery and reduce the waiting time.

Service will ensure victims of crime are also made aware of and actively encouraged to access Supporting Victims and associated counselling services.

Foss Fairy Trail

Foss Fairy Trail – York – £1,000.00 awarded from the Police Property Fund

Funding will support continued development of the ‘magical walkway’ Fairy Trail, set up to enhance community cohesion and encourage people outdoors on previously disused land with issues of Anti-Social Behaviour.

Skelton Layby ‘Citizens Involved Problem’ solving project

Skelton Layby ‘Citizens Involved Problem’ solving Partnership project – York – £18,000.00 awarded

This is a pilot partnership project to test the ‘Citizens Involved Problem Solving Framework’, developed to facilitate multi-stakeholder problem solving to achieve an agreed consensus on solutions and the ‘Roadmap’ of implementation.

The project seeks to understand if there can be a change in public perception in regard to who is deemed responsible to for solving community issues, where historically it’s been seen to be the role of the Police.

The funding will enable the purchase and installation of a fence to reduce the impact of criminal behaviour and enhance community safety.

The ‘Friends of Skelton Layby Group’ will maintain the fence, which will include cutting back of vegetation and litter picking.

Community Fund improves quality of life for Skelton residents through innovative problem-solving technique – Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire (northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk)

North Yorkshire Police

Police Community Boxing Club (Fighting for Communities) – York – £2,940.00 awarded

Funding will enable the start up of a police led community boxing club, one evening per week, working directly with Youth Justice, School Liaison Officers, Social Services and the local community, to help vulnerable young people in a diversionary setting, improving engagement and breaking down barriers.

The club will be used as an early intervention scheme, introducing positive role models from the community, through boxing and other sports, to help divert young people away from external influences and reduce the risk of offending or other risky behaviours.

The project will look to build confidence, discipline, teamwork and respect, by introducing boxing as a diversionary tool whilst supporting health and fitness.

Hull Road Park Woodworking Project

Peasholme Charity – York – £18,208.17 awarded

12-month’s funding will support woodwork diversionary project for those with lived experience of homelessness and / or substance misuse.

Funding will enable initial staffing and set up to engage people in the project, with the aim of leading to peer support group after 12 months.

This partnership project will enable local community work to take place, such as links with parks and bird box building.