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PCC Commissioner’s Community Fund – now open for applications

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The Police and Crime Commissioner is making £100k available to build on work that supports safer streets and stronger communities. Micro grants of £1K and larger grants of £5K are to be made available to fund a range of projects including those that tackle hate crime or divert people away from anti-social behaviours.

To be able to apply organisations must have a safeguarding policy that meets the following criteria:

Commissioners Community Fund – Safeguarding Policy Requirements

Your Safeguarding Policy must:

  1. If your organisation is working with vulnerable adults, they must have a vulnerable adults safeguarding policy.
  2. If the organisation is working with children and young people under 18 years old, they must have a child safeguarding policy.
  3. Policy is in the organisation’s own name.
  4. Clear instructions and process in place on how to recognise, respond to, report and record a safeguarding concern.
  5. Have a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in their organisation.
  6. Reference to relevant statutory guidance.
  7. Reference to policies and procedures of local authority safeguarding partnership or safeguarding children or adults board.
  8. Provide safeguarding training for all staff and volunteers: a. Training must be appropriate to the nature of work that the organisation delivers. b. Training must be refreshed regularly. c. Training should cover both safeguarding best prac/ce and a briefing on the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
  9. Ensure that all people working with children and vulnerable adults are subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checks. This includes all staff, management committee, trustees or volunteers who have direct access to children.
  10. Periodical reviews of safeguarding policies and procedures, learning from any serious incident or ‘near miss’.

You can find helpful information regarding writing safeguarding policy and procedures on the safeguarding children partnership’s website here – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/writing-safeguarding-policy-and-procedures/#:~:text=Writing%20safeguarding%20policy%20and%20procedures

To find out more about the PCC fund and how to apply visit the following link:

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