Community Crime Prevention Grant

The Building Safer Communities Program is a new competitive funding program designed to support innovative approaches to address the causes of offending, crime and community safety. There are 2 competitive grants streams:

• Creating Safer Places – between $25,000 – $300,000 for councils to fund urban design and place activation initiatives to improve the safety and use of public places by a diverse range of community members
• Crime Prevention Innovation Fund – competitive grants of between $25,000 – $300,000 for councils, not-for-profit community organisations and other specialist organisations for partnership projects that deliver and evaluate innovative community safety and crime prevention initiatives.

Successful projects will have a strong focus on evidence, community consultation, and establishing local partnerships.

Applications close 4pm, 15th March 2021. Grant guidelines and more information can be found HERE or contact Sport North East to discuss your application.